Comments on: So Where Else in the World Can You Get 1 Gbps to the Home? http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:41:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Marc Canter http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240092 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:44:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240092 The light was turned on last Thursday at CWRU’s “Case Connection zone” launching key research that will lead to my Phd.

My goal is to create 5k jobs in 5 years.

http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2010/03/26/6812/

]]> By: wewe http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240091 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:13:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240091 Most deaktop drives aren’t even capable of 1Gbs. People need to wakeup. The only thing capable of handling higher speeds is RAM, IE why mainframes are used for research facilities and corporations that have access to 1-9Gbs.

]]> By: wewe http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240090 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:06:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240090 EXACTLY. None of you people are doing research or know it seems what you’re talking about or have seen firsthand the limitations. Just because you “can” doesn’t mean you WILL get 1Gb. There are numerous bottlenecks in the real world, unlike Internet2. I don’t think ANYONE who has 1Gb service has actually gotten the full speed unless it’s a commercial company transferring to their branch office. Not to mention, your PC hard drive CANNOT even handle 1Gbs.

At most, hard drives, even solid state disks only go up to 80-100MBs.

And most of the internet business world is still stuck on copper 45Mb T3 lines. And you expect 1000Mb from them? HAHA. Equipment costs money people. Dot com went bust for a reason. Overbuilind and no demand/current hardware that can handle it outside of expensive mainframes.

]]> By: wewe http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240089 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:59:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240089 And just how often do you actually get 1Gb(100MBs) speeds? I’m betting never.

]]> By: Anonymous http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240088 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:53:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240088 Actually, the comment about Singapore is not entirely correct. It’s been available since August 2009 or so. They are rolling out in a phased manner and expect to have 95% of the island wired up by mid 2012. See http://www.opennet.com.sg/network-rollout/

According to their website, my postal code is due for installation between March and May. Given the fact that I saw them run most of the fibre around my neighbourhood several months ago, I have every reason to believe that they will be able to hit those dates.

]]> By: Jeff Dickey http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240087 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:14:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240087 No; someone relies on his auto-spellchecker more than his eyes or his copy editor. (one of the great unthanked jobs in traditional publishing that has not yet been replicated online; the Mark MIX spell-checker is no match for the Mark I eyeball.)

]]> By: Shamus http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240086 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:26:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240086 The Aussies are “trailing” a service in Canberra? Has the service gone walkabout?

]]> By: Tim Pozar http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240085 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:24:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240085 I am working with the City of San Francisco in deploying dark and lit 1 Gb/s drops into housing projects. Many of the drops into the apartments can do 1Gb/s symmetrical. Some will do 100Mb/s symmetrical.

]]> By: Marc Canter http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240084 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:07:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240084 Yo OM

We’re building out 1G at CWRU – here in Cleveland! That’s why I moved here!

http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2010/02/17/shooting-for-the-moon/

]]> By: Wai Yip Tung http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/#comment-240083 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:16:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=98721#comment-240083 I was offered 1GPS FTTH in Hong Kong. Instead I signed up for the lowest bandwidth plan at around 100MPS. I figure this will still blow away the wimpy 3MPS ADSL I get from the US. My actual experience is rather underwhelming. The problem is there is such big bottlenet in the transpacific connection. I think for someone looking for video streaming from a server in Hong Kong they might be quite happy. For me, 95% of my traffic connects to places outside of Hong Kong. The effective bandwidth leaves much to be desired. I won’t even say it is better than my 3MPS DSL connection.

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