To: nypokerface
Stanzione also
downloaded the 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007 and Merriam-Webster's visual dictionary in under four minutes, when it would have taken a standard modem three hours and 12 minutes.
"If you look at what just happened, 55 million words, 100,000 articles, more than 22,000 pictures, maps and more than 400 video clips," Roberts said. "The same download on dial-up would have taken two weeks."
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Show-Off!
I want one,, Fiber Optic, whatever, just get it to me .. Pronto!
2 posted on
05/08/2007 4:46:05 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... In FReeP We Trust ...)
To: nypokerface
"Where's the fii-yerrrr?"
To: nypokerface
4 posted on
05/08/2007 4:54:15 PM PDT by
rockprof
To: nypokerface
As a Comcast customer, I want it now. This would be 25 times faster than my current speed. I will believe it when I see it.
6 posted on
05/08/2007 4:58:02 PM PDT by
Uncle Hal
To: nypokerface
Wow. That’s faster than an OC-3!
7 posted on
05/08/2007 5:02:16 PM PDT by
Cymbaline
(I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stress I repeat myself when under stres)
To: nypokerface
It could be available "within less than a couple years," he said. And the monthly price of broadband cable internet access will rise accordingly. How high can they go?
8 posted on
05/08/2007 5:05:45 PM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
To: nypokerface
I just tested my line. 5.1 Mbps
I want that new modem!
10 posted on
05/08/2007 5:08:15 PM PDT by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: nypokerface
11 posted on
05/08/2007 5:09:45 PM PDT by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: nypokerface
Awesome!!! As a Comcast customer, I hope they roll this out soon!
12 posted on
05/08/2007 5:11:53 PM PDT by
KoRn
(Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
To: nypokerface
Man, I dunno. My acoustic coupler rocks. Yer gonna haveta do some mighty slick talking to get me to upgrade, bub...
To: nypokerface
18 posted on
05/08/2007 5:57:17 PM PDT by
tje
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