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Infinite Bandwidth Is Coming

Posted Apr 24, 08 4:29 PM CDT in Technology 

(Newser) – In 2000, technology watcher George Gilder argued in a book called Telecosm that infinite bandwidth and instant communication were on the way, thanks to booming construction of fiber-optic cable. Eight years later, post-bust (both dot-com and telecom), the “telecosm” is not far from what Gilder predicted, writes Mark Williams in Technology Review.

The co-inventor of Ethernet told a recent telecom conference that 40- and 100-gigabit-per-second Ethernet is coming soon, and that a 1,000-gigabyte-per-second upgrade will arrive around 2015. But some industry members wonder just who will pay for these next-generation networks. Nevertheless, an analyst suggests that consumers can expect more bandwidth soon—pulling them ever closer to Gilder’s prediction.

Source MIT Technology Review

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A.J. Bowen of Schupp's Line Construction, Inc. works on fiber-optic installation in Norton, Vt., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007.   (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
Verizon lineman Joe DeBonis connects fiber optic cable that will serve a home in North Bellmore, N.Y. in a file photo from May 11, 2006.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
In this Feb. 15, 2006 file photo Chinese Internet surfers play online games at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China.   (AP Photo/File)
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