What comes after fiber optics in terms of wired bandwidth connectivity?

5/5/2008 1:53:23 PM

MS DOS

5/5/2008 1:53:53 PM

WHOO!

5/5/2008 1:54:05 PM

Subspace, human.

5/5/2008 1:54:28 PM

whatever system the borg use

5/5/2008 1:54:30 PM

DOW JONES

5/5/2008 1:54:45 PM

Bigger cables... Light is the absolute fastest way to move a signal, and works for practically endless distances without signal degradation. The current limits are in the 4Gb/s range, which is also nearing the processing limit of internal computer components (buses, processors, memory). Unless you're doing something like switching or just moving the data 4Gb/s is going to pretty well cap you out.


EDIT: If you're wanting a faster connection at your house and a fiber connection isn't cutting it, you may want to look into a load balancer. I know that TWC used to cap their fiber links to something like 250Mb/s, so with a nice 4 channel or 8 channel load balancer you can get up in the Gb/s ranges. Expect to spend around $300/line + 20-30K on equipment.

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 1:59 PM. Reason : a]

5/5/2008 1:56:51 PM

I concur.

5/5/2008 2:04:27 PM

The medium isn't capping your bandwidth...The cable company is. You're getting only a small fraction of the bandwidth that can be carried over copper wire. There is no reason to even think about running optical into homes anytime soon.

5/5/2008 2:09:15 PM

I don't know. Verizon FiOS sounds pretty awesome.

btw, Skack ftw!

5/5/2008 2:36:10 PM