Terabit Connection Is Possible?

[heavensounds 0]

Kansai Electric company, the second largest electric suplier in Japan, managed to achieve amazing terabit connection.This was achieved with the use of an optical cable. Kansai Electric used fibre-optic cables on power-transmitting steel towers to achieve the speed of one terabit per second, which is more than 100 times faster than inter-city data transmissions currently in use. That means that you can transmit a DVD movie in one tenth of a second!!!The company, Japan's second-largest power supplier, has not decided when to put the technology into practical use but says it is possible that it would come in 2010 or later.

[Inspiron 0]

Hey dude, Terabit Ethernet is possible and coming very soon, probably near year 2008.

Check this site :
http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/10-terabit-ethernet-from-10-gigabit-ethernet-to-100-gigabit-ethernet-to-1-t/123897

[jlhaslip 4]

Man that's fast. Sure it will be available in 2008, but it will take some time before the technology filters down to us endusers. Don't expect that speed to become available to replace your current dial-up connection. That'll cost some big bucks to install and it won't come cheap.

[rvalkass 5]

Woah, 1TB per second is incredibly fast. We're only just getting a few MB layed down, but I can't wait for 1TB!This must mean that more powerful graphics and games can be played over the Internet with a 1TB connection? That would allow for some very smooth and high quality gaming.Then again, it must cost an absolute fortune to install and to receive monthly!

[Saint_Michael 3]

but you forget, for TB to go into effect going to have to raise the price tag on ISP's just to support it, but still that is pretty fast, makes me wonder if it is possible to connect 2 seperate lines (broadband or higher) to achieve that same effect?

[Florisjuh 0]

Whats the use of having a 1 terabit connection if most websites dont support over 100 mbit? and 1 terabyte bandwith per second, not good for free webhosting

[Sprnknwn 0]

Wow, I think that?s amazing speed... maybe too much for my needs.

[wariorpk 0]

I do not think that this is at all necessary because it is bigger than my computer's hard drive. What is the point of having a connection that will not even be used to its full potential except by large corporations. Also, I live out in the sticks so most people do not even know what a DSL line is so I do not think I will see this in my life time unless I move.

[Arigato 0]

What practical use is there for a terabit connection now? I don't think that a connection to transfer a small file a second faster would be worth the cost of such a massive connection. High end servers only have storage space of a few terabytes which could be filled up in a few seconds with this connection. This will probably be useful only in the future when files are alot bigger.

[sirfrancisdrake 0]

That's awesome! I don't think people would need a connenction that big, but it would still be good to have for the goverrnent or big corporations. But a Terabyte is to much for most things. But it would be cool to send everything on your server in half a second!

[kevlar557 0]

Wouldn't be possible to have a terabit connection anywhere? From what I understand, If you could somehow manage to get a few hundred T1 or T3 lines together, have a computer dedicated to networking(it would have to have over 100 network cards), and bridge all of the connections, I think it would be possible. Not logical, or cost effective, but I believe it would be possible. Anyway, that would be sweet to have a terabit connection, but it would never be able to get out to where I live. I would never have any lag in CS.

[guangdian 0]

if the connecting speed proach TB?then if you thought of the computer speed?our disk speed.(the sata is just 2--5 Gb speed)our netcard speed.(this only 100M-1000M speed,but there isn't only 1 tb internet connecting i think)our memory speed.(ddr 3 is not going to tb level)if the advanced 64 bit system support that?if there would be adjusting all the lines for high speed connecting?guangdian

[alperuzi 0]

Well obviously it won't be used on your desktop computer anytime soon. It will connect server farms, internet backbones and high speed routers. This is needed very much if you ask me since there is so many people switching to broadband internet and requiring entire backbones to become wider and wider in bandwidth.

[FLaKes 0]

Wow, I can only imagine the type of web pages that will be available. I guess im gonna start learning 3d again. Probably adobe atmosphere and director shockwave are going to resucitate.

[shigajet 0]

It's pretty exciting to see the new Terabit technology become available. Just recently, I saw a commercial plugging a new DVD recorder using Terabit technology and you can record programs on two different channels at the same time. Mind you, it probably does cost an arm and a leg right now, so I'll wait a bit until the prices become much more reasonable for an average user like myself.