Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan

[ghalied]

The Associated Press said the satellite would offer speeds of up to 1.2 gigabytes per second.


http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/23/japan.satellite/index.html

WOW

 

[HavocXphere]

As I understand it those things have mad latency though.

 

[pierrehugo]

are you sure thats bytes

 

[BT6LW]

Even if it was 1.2 gigabits a second - the bottleneck would be your gigabit network card
WOW...

 

[UnDeR±tAkEr]

are you sure thats bytes

The article states gigabytes/sec.

 

[BT6LW]

your entire monthly cap gone in less than 3 seconds

 

[pierrehugo]

haha cha but what exactly is gonna ul u at 1.2 gBps

 

[Noah]

i want

 

[Ou grote]

Wonder if Manto knows about this.

"Among other uses, this will make possible great advances in telemedicine, which will bring high-quality medical treatment to remote areas, and in distance education, connecting students and teachers separated by great distances," JAXA said.

 

[nomhire]

But I wonder: when will we have that kind of service in America, and what would be the cost for such service??

I've seen T1 services at USD$300.00 monthly. I can't imagine the cost of that new service.

 

[warwickw]

I've seen T1 services at USD$300.00 monthly. I can't imagine the cost of that new service.

We could only wish for T1 for so cheep here in South Africa.

 

[crysis]

Its probably going to be used in universities, and large offices more than in your average home.

 

[Shake&Bake]

Its probably going to be used in universities, and large offices more than in your average home.

The introduction paragraph seems to mention both business and homes

(CNN) -- Japan launched a rocket Saturday carrying a satellite that will test new technology that promises to deliver "super high-speed Internet" service to homes and businesses around the world

/sits in the corner fighting back the tears

 

[Moederloos]

This would be so useful in public emergencies in SA - say like if a tsunami was approaching...

 

[McGuywer]

...subscribers with small dishes will connect to the Internet at speeds many times faster...

Well, you can get a fibre from your Dish to your PC. Wouldn't cost that much. I mean for what you are actually getting.

 

[Neo_X]

mmmm.... seeing is believing i think


We are installing alot of dishes for bigger guys(IS,Vodacom,Telkom) around the country, and the max i have seen so far is 144MBps..... but that was on a 13meter antenna for internet solutions. Good luck in having that installed in ur back yard.

AFAIK 144MBps is also the max transfer rate ( frequency wise) that you can have to a satellite per link.


So this means the chinese okes have somehow managed to increase the limits by up to ten fold...

 

[PeterCH]

It's probably all gonna be mostly 2ch and winny traffic , with mostly
girlfriendless otakus posting and downloading h-porn.