depending if the servers could keep up? Or your hard drive can write that fast??
in theory, there are no bottlenecks
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in theory, there are no bottlenecks
haha good point
could you imagine that though!? 1gb/s......wow!
what really scares me is that 4G technology is ~5x faster then the fastest ADSL2+ connection that we have here in australia!
I was reading about 4G the other day, it was an interesting read. It seems that companies should be investing in this technology (and future iterations or wireless technology). It seem that it will outpace fibre technology and does not involve 'digging' up all the roads etc.
Hopefully it is designed so its available over a vast area, much as the current mobile network. If I was a domestic broadband supplier I would be slightly worried.
Hopefully it is designed so its available over a vast area, much as the current mobile network. If I was a domestic broadband supplier I would be slightly worried.
it has already been implemented in a city in our country (Perth). but thats a good 3,000km away
it hits about 100mb/s max, or 12.5MB/s. very decent speeds, however Telstra current has a 42mb/s network setup NATION wide (i think its that speed). but they run on NEXTG which is still only 3G - so 4G will eventually go further and faster then the current Telstra network.
australia is having their internet upgraded to, fibre for everyone i think!
the bummer is that there currently are no 4G mobiles out haha! (not that i can find anyway)
As far as I know O2 are the only operator to trial 4G, and knowing the UK it will not become 'the' standard until after the rest of the world has adopted it.
Anyhow it would be great to have access to faster than broadband speeds at home and 'out and about.'
It turns out the UK has a target for implementation of 4G between 2012 - 2015 so not to far away, but like you say it will need support from mobile manufactures.
Anyhow it would be great to have access to faster than broadband speeds at home and 'out and about.'
It turns out the UK has a target for implementation of 4G between 2012 - 2015 so not to far away, but like you say it will need support from mobile manufactures.
we are the same over here.. not much we can do.
anyway, we digress!
does anybody think that google really will succeed with this? personally i do. their pricing will be VERY competitive. i see it as an advantage, lower prices for all!
Hmmm Paranoid? Have to agree with you, there spreading there reach a little bit too far for comfort for me.
Wow. I think I would be willing to give up all my surfing marketing data to Google for 1 Gbps down. And Google is big proponent of net neutrality, so this would be an interesting test network for that.
If this comes true it could really force AT&T, Comcast and the other providers nationwide to shape up.
I think Ill forward this story to my towns mayor.
If this comes true it could really force AT&T, Comcast and the other providers nationwide to shape up.
I think Ill forward this story to my towns mayor.
