[IP] Reality Connectivity is 40 gigabits
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From: Jock Gill <jg45@xxxxxxx>
Date: May 29, 2005 4:12:42 PM EDT
To: Farber Dave <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jock Gill <jg45@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Reality Connectivity is 40 gigabits
Dave,
Fresh from the green hills of Vermont, and for IP if you wish, a new
post:
May 29, 2005
Reality Connectivity is 40 gigabits
It is said that Reality Connectivity is 40 gigabits. Surely we do not
want to settle for less than Reality? Thus, with 40 gigabits set as
our goal, we should call anything less than 400 megabits “tinyband”
or even "nanoband". After all, 400 megabits is only 1% of the goal.
This raises the interesting question of what are today’s legacy
connectivity providers so proud of when all they offer is a fraction
of one percent of the goal? What is so exciting about a rounding error?
This news story is a case in point:
New ITU Standard Delivers 10x ADSL Speeds
Vendors applaud landmark agreement on VDSL2
Geneva, 27 May 2005 - The International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) today finalized work on new technical specifications that will
allow telecoms operators around the world to offer a 'super' triple
play of video, Internet and voice services at speeds up to ten times
faster than standard ADSL.
The ITU is raving about nanoband capacities! How long can they fool
us into thinking this is a wonderful accomplishment?
Why does this matter? Because it is easy to anticipate fact that the
culture in which the greatest number of citizens has the highest
capacity for transporting bits will have a lot of advantages. And not
just economic advantages either: Security, health, education,
environment, artistic, cultural etc. In a word, Globalization 4.0
Continued at: <http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/000377.html>
Comments and suggestions, please!
It is Memorial Day, so let us remember the sacrifices of others who
made it possible for us to be here today.
Regards,
Jock
Jock Gill
Meme Intelligence
jock.gill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Cooperative gain from collective behaviors at the edges."
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