IGotThePower
Samsung Sucks
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join:2003-06-07
Japan Inc. | Got fiber
Got fiber? I do!
400 billion bits/s? Ain't that faster than Internet2? |
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broknsymetry
What Time Is It And Why?
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1 edit | 400 gbps huh?
said by article:
Atlanta and Washington should be connected by the superhighway by April of 2004. Atlanta to Dallas and Atlanta to Jacksonville sections will follow shortly afterwards.
Georgia Tech, the only Atlanta member of the developing consortium, plans to make resources available to over 20 colleges throughout the state through the use of an electronic "on ramp" which they plan to manage.
Gee, I remember just 25 years ago having 110 baud on the Georgia University Network and being happy about it! We've come a long way baby! It won't be long before it's commercialized and vandalized though.
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AlkalineArmy
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Greenfield, IN
1 edit | reply to IGotThePower
Re: Got fiber
Yeah, I think Internet2 is 10 Gbps as opposed to 400 Gbps. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana | Great, it's about as useful as the space program is to the average taxpayer. |
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damonlab
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| said by ronpin  :
Great, it's about as useful as the space program is to the average taxpayer.
Actuall, many useful things have come out of the space program. I predict many useful things will come of this, but it will be several years down the road before we see many of those benefits. |
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FLECOM
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Miami, FL | reply to broknsymetry
Re: 400 gbps huh?
didnt ARPA Net use T1s? or something equivilant to that... 1.54mbits?
dunno but i had a 300baud modem in my Apple IIe back in 1984 ish
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Gbcue
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Santa Rosa, CA
clubs: | Just another reason...
Just another reason to start rolling out fiber to my house! |
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juicelee
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Hacienda Heights, CA
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Re: Got fiber
Believe it or not, some of the technology from the star wars program helped to correct my near-sightedness with laser surgery. I'm sure a lot of other useful civilian applications were derived from that government research. Like damonlab said, it takes time for that stuff to trickle down to the taxpayer. |
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Drunkula
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join:2000-06-12
Denton, TX
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| Yeah I got fiber
That is I have a few fiber patches around here somewhere. Too bad they aren't connected to anything. 
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Synon29
join:2003-09-13
Cabot, AR | I have fiber, I get it everyday in my diet. Other than that I don't see fiber coming to my town for at least the next 10 to 15 years. I suppose in the mean time they can fill me up on dsl lite. |
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fartness
Computersoc Dot Com
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join:2003-03-25
Look Outside
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Re: Got fiber
Could host a heck of a pr0n server if someone connected it WAN wise to the net. |
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bmn
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1 edit | reply to ronpin
said by ronpin :
Great, it's about as useful as the space program is to the average taxpayer.
Talk about narrow sighted...
Actually, Tang, velcro and several medicines and such were developed with the aid of the space program.
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indy0365
join:2001-08-25
Franklin, IN | reply to Synon29
Re: Yeah I got fiber
didnt we ge fiber optics from them crashed ufo s ? |
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nickpdx
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join:2003-10-19
Portland, OR
| the Lamba Rail thing looks like it passes through portland from their map 
wonder how long it is until i can get fiber here at my house - im in the middle of the city and i can only get Qwest DSL (640/128 ?) and Comcast Cable which i have so....:( |
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bmn
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join:2001-03-15
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Re: 400 gbps huh?
said by FLECOM :
didnt ARPA Net use T1s? or something equivilant to that... 1.54mbits?
It started out in the very beginning with less than T1 lines, but soon upgraded. I'm not sure when they did, but eventually they moved to T3s when that was the fastest thing you could get. Of course ARPANET is all but gone since the military and government started using networks from the major backbone providers.
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IGotThePower
Samsung Sucks
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join:2003-06-07
Japan Inc. | reply to ronpin
Re: Got fiber
No, it was about the same price as the fastest ADSL, and plus, I can choose what ISP I want, that's why I took it. Next time, a Quad ADSL will suit me fine. |
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IGotThePower
Samsung Sucks
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Japan Inc. | reply to bmn
Re: 400 gbps huh?
Yeah, like now they're using GBLX, which was sold to the Singaporean government, for nothing more than 250mil. What a bunch of morons... |
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rrypma
join:2001-07-10
Dobbs Ferry, NY
| reply to nickpdx
Re: Yeah I got fiber
What kind of things could service providers dish out that isn't possible given our current infrastructure? Cannot what we have in place already sustain movies on demand and so forth even at HD resolutions? I have no idea, but just curious.
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elias
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Miami, FL
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| reply to juicelee
Re: Got fiber
said by juicelee :
Believe it or not, some of the technology from the star wars program helped to correct my near-sightedness with laser surgery. I'm sure a lot of other useful civilian applications were derived from that government research. Like damonlab said, it takes time for that stuff to trickle down to the taxpayer.
From Tactical ... to Practical.
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SunCam
join:2003-12-03
Stuart, FL
1 edit |  reply to IGotThePower
setup need fiber? |
thanks Ross@suncam.tv im looking to get fiber into this home. »www.suncam.tv/ not my wireless. but my home i have dsl now! could some one help me and send me a email?
thanks i live in south Florida |
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