Posted on 09/13/2010 10:03:28 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
It pales in comparison to Sigbritt Löthberg's home internet connection, but it sure makes Comcast's Extreme 105Mbps broadband package look downright sluggish. EPB Fiber Optics (Chattanooga's municipally-owned fiber-to-the-premises network) and Alcatel-Lucent have teamed up to offer America's "fastest" home broadband service -- a service that brings 1Gbps (or 1000Mbps, if that strikes you better) directly to your PC.
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EPB Fiber Optics is $70 for 50Mbps. No bandwidth limits either.
That is about 5 X what I get for slightly more money.
Too bad the router, bus, and everything else seems to slow the throughput.
$350 per month? Whew!
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$4,200/year!!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES
What good is that when web site servers usually set bandwidth limits on each connection so a few fast connections do not block out everyone else.
$42,000 per decade? Horrors!
1 Gig Internet Service: When you can’t wait one second for porn.
Yep.
Most people aren’t running PCI Express cards for their ethernet interface on a PeeCee.
Truth be told, most people have no clue what to do with a gigabit network interface. 100Mbps would be more than most people would ever need. Once you’re able to stream HD video for, say, two PC’s in a household at the same time... people pretty much have had their fill.
What is the purpose, other then maybe streaming HDTV?
I have only 1 Mbs for $20 per month, and do all I want.
My computer is online 24/7. I can chat with web cam, stream music, and all my talk radio shows.
What else is there to do on internet?
You can only really use this when utilizing it for multiple operations. You want 1 video file, the sending end limits/wastes your speed. Multiple downloads from various servers are required to utilize this at this point. No not personally too big on torrents.
The cost is pretty much the same as commercial T3.
And about the same speed, just deliverable to the “desktop.”
I have no need for it, but based on the previews I have seen of that new Halo game, people with too much time on their hands will definitely use it.
And technology-based home businesses. But entertainment will be the mainstay.
Ahh, but you can charge them thru the nose for what they THINK they’re getting. You gotta love marketing.
I would put it in my restaurant or whereever they have wifi. Wireless N 300mbs everywhere.
I’d want to go to Chattanooga, check that out.
“I have no need for it, but based on the previews I have seen of that new Halo game, people with too much time on their hands will definitely use it.”
And too much money in their pockets...
I can’t even get AT&T UVerse to deliver the puny 6Mbs I pay for each month.
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