Topic: Internet connections as fast as ISP's connection (Read 450 times)
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« on: Jan 30, 2006, 09:58:21 AM »
Soon our home internet connection speeds are going to be close to that of the ISP's speeds. Here is Australia the ADSL 2 connection speeds are up to 24000 Kbps now. Isn't that getting close to some ISP's theoretical limits? I am sure that there is no chance of anyone really getting a download from one source at that full speed though, other than straight from the ISP.
Anyway, I was just wondering... they may have to improve the backbone links soon. ;o)
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« Reply #1 on: Jan 30, 2006, 10:36:34 AM »
That's true (about the backbone)
Even if they give the user a optic fibre connection, they will still have to get a backbone of multiple times this cappacity. Propably we are in a limit right now, that the science should solve.
Anyway those things are great because that things are really making the internet cheap for everyone.