Superfast Internet May Be Coming Soon?

[galexcd 0]

I was emailed this link from a friend of mine. I am not quite sure what to make of it. It seems possible, but not probable. They are making it seem easier than it will really be. CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), has apparently discovered a way to make the internet ten thousand times faster than typical broadband is today. Apparently the project started when CERN needed a way of accessing gigantic amounts of data from their Particle Accelerator in remote locations. With a grid of servers around the world and fiber optics interconnecting them all, one could download a high definition feature film in seconds. If this project is a success, gone are the days of waiting for something to download.


Source: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/... /article3689881.ece

[tricky77puzzle 0]

Actually, connecting cables have been made that can push fiber optic data down a microtube at 10 terabits per second already. (Yes, already. It's not just a concept. That's 10,995,116,277,760 bits, or 1,374,389,534,720 bytes; pretty much enough to transfer all that data you were talking about in less than 0.01 seconds, not just two.) Now the bottlenecks are the receiving and sending ends of the systems; the ends of the cables are the real problem now. The ends of the cables can only transmit so quickly (maybe 100 Mbps is the limit now? Possibly 8 to 9 Gbps.) So to actually make full use of the wire, you would have to connect about 100 to 200 plugs inside the computer, which is very hard to maintain.

[the need for speed 0]

If there is fast internet, we will need a faster hard drive because it depends on the speed of a harddrive to see how fast it can write files on it.

[KansukeKojima 0]

All I'm worried about is whether or not php, html, etc. will still be used... if not.... I'll be super angry... If anyone knows whether or not that would be or is the case... then tell me please....

[galexcd 0]

well the web standards html/css sure aren't going to change. That is on the client side... parsed in the browser. There would be no need for that to change. And unless these new servers have some odd compatibility issue that I am not aware about I'm pretty sure server owners can and will put php on their new servers.

[Ucrg 0]

If there is fast internet, we will need a faster hard drive because it depends on the speed of a harddrive to see how fast it can write files on it.

I think you should first think of your ethernet card , It will take at least 7-8 years to change all the infrastructure that has been laid down for the internet, all the current eqipment will have to go, new routing algorithms will have to be designed, by then you will have super fast SSDs.

[the need for speed 0]

I think you should first think of your ethernet card , It will take at least 7-8 years to change all the infrastructure that has been laid down for the internet, all the current eqipment will have to go, new routing algorithms will have to be designed, by then you will have super fast SSDs.

That's pretty true and to how long it would take to change the infrastuture almost in every region, we'll have to find out.

[Inhuman 0]

That is amazing. I can't wait for the internet to be that fast...I can only wonder what it'd be like to torrent data? I mean an entire discography, depending on seeds, takes between 10 hours to a day...maybe even 2 days...so with this speed we're talkin a few seconds at most? Also, the line "social networking could become the main way we communicate." really scares me. As excited as I am about this, it also means more antisocialism among teens and possibly even adults. I mean, at some point you have to go outside and experience the world, rather than sit around on your comp with your "high speed" internet and look at pron or talk with people you can't even see....and havin said that, I should take my own advice. ^_^Back on topic though, this is a huge break through, and I think all those computer companies need to do some developing for this grid so that engineers can push to have the grid put in place through out the whole world.

[jopak134 0]

just hope it is compatible with our computers and the inventor/maker/provider doesn't monopolize it to make the price much higher

[Saint_Michael 3]

That is why I am here to break your hopes and dreams, first technology wise standard home computers are not fast enough to carry that kind of load. Second the costs would be huge to set up and maintain that kind of network; means that ISP would have to double or triple the monthly price tag to have that kind of speed. Also the thrid problem is location, small towns, or moutain towns are still in the 56k and DSL range for speed, just because it would cost cable companies to much money to set up lines and stuff. Only people that would benefiting from this kind of speed would be Microsoft size companies, governments, and military installations. An average home user would only need 5-8Mbps tops as the rest would be overkill, and start creating server load havoc as well.

[adriantc 0]

I have heard about this research a few days ago and I though what is the use for the common user. Between servers such a connection would be something great, but remember you're HDD can only write so much less information in a second. So basically the bottleneck wouldn't be the Internet connection, but you computer.Besides that... what use would you have for a 1GBps connection? Of course you're HDD can't write that fast, but even if it would what in the name of God would you download so it requires such a monster connection. I have a 30Mbps (~3,5MBps) connection and to be sincere I don't need more. HD movies are no problem whatsoever even on this connection!It is true the speed requirements are growing, but not that much. I guess they should use this technology to better connect different countries, rather then individuals...

[the need for speed 0]

I have heard about this research a few days ago and I though what is the use for the common user. Between servers such a connection would be something great, but remember you're HDD can only write so much less information in a second. So basically the bottleneck wouldn't be the Internet connection, but you computer.Besides that... what use would you have for a 1GBps connection? Of course you're HDD can't write that fast, but even if it would what in the name of God would you download so it requires such a monster connection. I have a 30Mbps (~3,5MBps) connection and to be sincere I don't need more. HD movies are no problem whatsoever even on this connection!
It is true the speed requirements are growing, but not that much. I guess they should use this technology to better connect different countries, rather then individuals...

That is excactly what I said. Unless HDDs are made to write files that quickly(which might kill you becasue of the speed it is soing at ) That internet will be of no use.But really, what would an average joe benefit from this.This rather be used for hospital or exploration but nothing to do with war casue "I Hate War" xD.If this is given to the army, all we'll see is just more dead bodies.

[Forbez 0]

This would be revolutionary if it works. The eradication of lag, buffering, loading, transferring of all online internet related tasks. But of cause, they'll be consequences. The price for this 'super internet' will be outrageous. Have you seen the prices for 20mb internet connection? Imagine the price for a terabyte internet connection. This technology is out there but I know the big internet service provider companies will end up wrecking it for us. They'll give out limited internet connection speeds and for the higher end will be ridiculous amounts of money. The technology will be abused and only the rich will be able to afford the top end of the internet connection scale. Benefit of this would be that the minimum internet connection speed will no doubtably increase. The old, very old, 56k Dial up connection will be existent. Which is a huge benefit for gamers, web designers and the users themselves. More gamers, experiencing less lag. Web designers no longer have to focus on only having a site or sub-site for the 56k Dial up users to be able to load the site in 2 seconds.I see this 'super internet' as a giant leap for technology. If they succeed and make this 'super internet' go public, globally, then it would define the 21st century.

[Lyon2 0]

I am sure they will find a way to put their inovative ideas in practise, that is how and why we are using the internet today, and a lot of people thought impossible or unlikely to exist such a thing as the internet, but it exists today, and now we just have to speed things up, we have the technology and the brains to do it, so now it is a matter of time.I agree with saintMichael but that is only for now, in a very near future we will really have a super fast connection to use, at least a faster then the one we already can have, that i truly beleave.

[keego 0]

Internet is great atm, there is nothing wrong with it, you know when people say things are better when you wait for it?Well this is similar .... whats the point if you get to download so much but films don't get to come out in time.. What would there be left to download? And it'd be too boring cause people would be watching too much stuff and run out of things to watch.. At the same time its just gona cost more.. not everyone is able to afford it.