New DSL standard <VDSL2> announced

[Joe]

An international standards group has approved a new DSL standard that it says will increase the technology's upstream and downstream speeds to as much as 100 megabits per second -- 10 times faster than the fastest DSL now offered by carriers.

The Geneva, Switzerland-based International Telecommunications Union (ITU) approved the standard for Very-High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line 2 (VDSL2) last week, but it might be years before most consumers see it on their doorstep.

According to a statement by the ITU, its recommendations will boost the competitive stance of DSL providers by allowing them to offer services such as high-definition TV (HDTV), video on demand programming, video conferencing, high-speed Internet access and advanced voice services like voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) -- all over standard copper telephone lines.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/43497.html

 

[enVias]

Whoa.. 100 Mb/s.. However it isn't 10x faster than fastest DSL because I have ADSL2+ at 24 Mb/s hehe

 

[PV5150]

Regardless, that's a nice d/l speed. But I just want internet2 at 6.7 Gb/s

 

[enVias]

Regardless, that's a nice d/l speed. But I just want internet2 at 6.7 Gb/s

I'm with this guy ^^

 

[PV5150]

Yep imagine the possibilities with that

 

[bloodthirst]

Regardless, that's a nice d/l speed. But I just want internet2 at 6.7 Gb/s

as if your computer could take that ... im sure it would be effective over a network but like one computer?? and isnt that what we call T1 or T3?

 

[enVias]

as if your computer could take that ... im sure it would be effective over a network but like one computer?? and isnt that what we call T1 or T3?

No, T1 is 1.5 Mb/s up and 1.5 Mb/s down.

T3 is.. I have no idea.

Internet2 is way faster than either.. WAY faster

 

[bloodthirst]

No, T1 is 1.5 Mb/s up and 1.5 Mb/s down.

T3 is.. I have no idea.

Internet2 is way faster than either.. WAY faster

what would be thepoint of having that in your home because your computer would no way have the ability to cope with that much bandwidth coming through soo i think it would be a waste mabye good for companies withlike 200+ computers there

 

[PV5150]

Here is a link to the homepage of Internet2...enjoy http://www.internet2.edu/

T1 speed is as Austin stated 1.5mb/s, but T3 is in the vicinity of 45mb/s or fractional T3 speed (starting at 3Mbps). T3 is usually the fat pipe that ISP's use...the lucky buggers.

 

[FarFarAway]

Here is a link to the homepage of Internet2...enjoy http://www.internet2.edu/

T1 speed is as Austin stated 1.5mb/s, but T3 is in the vicinity of 45mb/s or fractional T3 speed (starting at 3Mbps). T3 is usually the fat pipe that ISP's use...the lucky buggers.

hehe. For some reason we had a T3 link in our halls at Uni. We used to get some mad bandwidth when sharing ummmm...our audio collectio *cough*

 

[PV5150]

You had a T3 link at Uni kempez? :drool: :drool: :hands:

 

[FarFarAway]

You had a T3 link at Uni kempez? :drool: :drool: :hands:

Yeah dude I was sooo happy

 

[bloodthirst]

Here is a link to the homepage of Internet2...enjoy http://www.internet2.edu/

T1 speed is as Austin stated 1.5mb/s, but T3 is in the vicinity of 45mb/s or fractional T3 speed (starting at 3Mbps). T3 is usually the fat pipe that ISP's use...the lucky buggers.

i dont think we get t3 in australia.... or until not long ago because ( PV ) i saw something on tv a while ago about telstra moving up and providing t3 in the near future

 

[limqareb]

in malta the highest is T1 at my school there is T1 not T3 like Kempez had :yumyum:

the T1 connection is shared over 30 pcs or something

 

[Joe]

Regardless, that's a nice d/l speed. But I just want internet2 at 6.7 Gb/s

yea me too, funny tho a lot of student users of that 'acedemic' net were recently under fire from the RIAA & MPAA.. something about filesharing :evil:

hehe. For some reason we had a T3 link in our halls at Uni. We used to get some mad bandwidth when sharing ummmm...our audio collectio *cough*

yeah me too (pity they blocked most ports) it was shrared with a max on 120 comps @ ne 1 time (1 line per building on a giant network of a few thousand comps)

how i miss it <look @ attached picy>

 

[PV5150]

Yeah dude I was sooo happy

kempez....you da man :worship:

 

[FragTek]

as if your computer could take that ... im sure it would be effective over a network but like one computer?? and isnt that what we call T1 or T3?

No T1 and T3 are ancient broadband technologies which are still highly overpriced... Most cable and DSL carriers are faster than T1 and are nearing T3 speeds.

Fastest current connection available today is OC-192 which is 10 gigabits / sec and only costs a shy $50,000+ a month hehe