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To: DB
Nice but not very useful. No PC can come close to accepting that much data that fast. And what server can serve even remotely that fast? Currently not even hard drives read or write nearly that fast. That’s a bit like having a road designed for cars that go 10,000 mph - and having no cars that will go over 300 mph...

Memo to Henry Ford - 1896: Don't bother with your automobile. A good idea maybe, but not very useful. There are no paved roads that can handle your automobile and there are no gas stations to fuel it. So why not just give up your project?

Memo to Orville and Wilbur Wright - 1903: Don't bother wasting your time with your flying machine, a good idea maybe - but not very useful. There are no airports or landing strips to fly to.

Memo to Guglielmo Marconi - 1895: Don't bother with your radio transmitting device. A good idea maybe, but not very useful. There are no commercial radio stations and no one has any radio receivers anyway.

Get my drift?

57 posted on 07/13/2007 6:06:17 AM PDT by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Tokra

Ya, I get your drift.

I’m an electrical engineer.

I stand by my statement.

It is useless going to a single user anytime in the forseeable future. Now it is useful for backbone communications. That’s where it is likely already in use.

It isn’t some magical breakthrough that is waiting for the future to catch up to. The connection speed is the easy part at those speeds. And yes fiber goes really fast and if your willing to dig up all your neigborhoods you can get fiber too. Not some new fantastic technology, simple economics.


92 posted on 07/13/2007 2:42:26 PM PDT by DB
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