1Gbps (to the home) Fiber-Optic Service Arrives in Japan on October 1

[Grayscale]

"Near-instantaneous porn downloads will soon be possible in Japan thanks to a speedy new, widely available, fiber-optic service from ISP KDDI. The service will offer upload and download speeds (each way) of up to one gigabit per second. The service goes online October 1 for single family homes and low-rise apartment buildings for about $56 a month, and will be considerably higher than the current 100 megabits per second norm most Japanese citizens already enjoy today. If the outcome of the 2008 election doesn't get me to move to another country, these currently untouchable download speeds just might."

Intertubes: 1Gbps Fiber-Optic Service Arrives in Japan on October 1 (http://gizmodo.com/5055965/1gbps-fiber+optic-service-arrives-in-japan-on-october-1)





I do not think this figure will be anywhere near the effective speed... people commonly confuse available bandwidth with actual rate of transfer, just because your smallest capillaries have become 10x as big does not mean you will have the blood to pump into them. Only the larger companies are even using 10Gbps distribution in the datacenter, there is pretty much no way 1Gbps could be maintained at last-mile, especially not for such a densely populated country like Japan.

Basically, it's neat that they have the infrastructure, but pretty useless. Yes, data transport is booming with the widespread adoption of optical media, but until we come up with something to match it in terms of integrated circuitry, processing, and storage, a lot of that capacity will be collecting dust.

[runvardh]

That just means they'll get it that fast from other places in Japan *shrug*

[millerm277]

Meanwhile I'm stuck with 1.5mbps DSL until FIOS comes out here sometime next year.

[JivinJeffJones]

Bastards. I'm stuck on 31.2Kbps. Just...bastards.

[YourLocalJesus]

And I thought I was lucky with my 100 mbit connection :( Ah well.

[Jack Flak]

I remember playing around with fiber optic connections in the late 90s...They weren't mine of course. :(

Rad stuff, that.

[ENTJ Extraordinaire]

*sigh* what a waste of time...1 GBPS downloads?...its not going to be any faster, unless its coming on the same servers, because the infrastructure outside of those servers won't be able to keep up.

whats more ridiculous however, is the fact that its for commercial home use. WHY ON EARTH WOULD SOMEONE NEED SO MUCH SPEED OF INTERNET IN THEIR HOMES :|

we have...as standard...what..about 1.5 MBPS here in Australia...which can easily load a video as you watch it, without an ounce of lag. (i have never had a problem, and i have 5 DIFFERENT COMPUTERS/DEVICES SHARING IT *1 DESKTOP, 2 LAPTOPS, A PS3 AND A WII all being used at once at times, by different family members) WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU NEED ANY FASTER INTERNET (providing it really is that much faster, considering you would be constantly waiting for other servers not capable of sustaining such speeds to get you the information you are asking for, which imo = MASSSSSSIVE AMOUNT OF LAG)

japan may be leading in the global eye, internet technology, but they are going to have to wait for quite some time for the rest of the world to catch up, if we catch up at all (which i think we will, eventually!!!)

[millerm277]

whats more ridiculous however, is the fact that its for commercial home use. WHY ON EARTH WOULD SOMEONE NEED SO MUCH SPEED OF INTERNET IN THEIR HOMES :|

Make it available, and people will find a way to use it. I can think of lots of uses. Imagine Netflix type stuff. You could download an entire Blu-Ray quality movie from them in the time it takes you to blink. Yes, it won't work perfectly until everyone has it, but it has to start somewhere.

we have...as standard...what..about 1.5 MBPS here in Australia...which can easily load a video as you watch it, without an ounce of lag. (i have never had a problem, and i have 5 DIFFERENT COMPUTERS/DEVICES SHARING IT *1 DESKTOP, 2 LAPTOPS, A PS3 AND A WII all being used at once at times, by different family members) WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU NEED ANY FASTER INTERNET (providing it really is that much faster, considering you would be constantly waiting for other servers not capable of sustaining such speeds to get you the information you are asking for, which imo = MASSSSSSIVE AMOUNT OF LAG)

Speaking from personal experience...my 1.5mbps is far too slow for the type of household I live in. (I said f*** it, and switched to cablevision, and am now getting 50mbps down/3 up.) Faster speeds, especially 30mbps+, enables things you wouldn't normally think possible. large remote file transfers, streaming HD, running a good server, all sorts of fun stuff. NOTE: I live in a family of technologically...um, advanced people. We've got: 6 Desktops, 5 Laptops, an Xbox 360, a Slingbox, and 2 TiVos. (And we have 4 people. We all are involved in IT/Tech).

[ENTJ Extraordinaire]

hmmm, i guess that does change things slightly. still...1 GBPS! that is absolutely insane.

[millerm277]

hmmm, i guess that does change things slightly. still...1 GBPS! that is absolutely insane.

Definitely. However, I would also definitely take it if it was offered to me at a sane price.

[ENTJ Extraordinaire]

$56/month, thats cheaper than my internet :)

[Lukepd]

Ah now Australia gets to look like even more of a joke. Oh and did you know our government is introducing a net filter at the ISP level that will cause internet speeds to slow 30%+ and will do NOTHING to stop net crime as 60%+ of net traffic is over peer to peer networks that this filter wont be monitoring. 90% of people oppose this law but our government is still pushing it.

There is some kind of irony that the greens are the only ones making sense in regards to this law.

*sigh*

[JivinJeffJones]

Oh and did you know our government is introducing a net filter at the ISP level that will cause internet speeds to slow 30%+

It's possible I may soon be starting an "I'm killing myself - don't bother replying" thread. I just couldn't handle 30% slower. I'm already at the point of opening three links and then going off to make myself a coffee while I wait for them to load. Using Youtube is reminiscent of Commodore 64 loading days.

[ENTJ Extraordinaire]

LOL

australian internet is not that bad, providing you have a half decent provider!

i have very few complaints about it...however i know there are some out there who just don't have access to the good providers due to lack of coverage, and really a lack of education on how to get it, where to get it, and WHY!

our system will really have to strongly questioned however if this net filter is put in place, which it won't, for the simple fact that the information they are trying to block out is already prevailent in society, you block the internet sourcing of it, and it will be distributed in the millions of other forms of data transmission and storage. this is in contrast to nations such as china, who never really had access to "Internet Porn" due to the fact that it was regulated from the moment it was introduced. in Australia, however, we have seen what the internet has to offer, and to remove it would to cause uproar.

anyway, that topic is for another thread i think. :)

EDIT: adding on to the "China never had Internet Porn" statement: they prove the fact that filtering the internet content will lead to finding new ways of distributing the stuff. and so china now has lucrative pornography markets, and i believe i read somewhere that a large percentage of the production of porn dvds (filming, and production) were now made in china. (HA! china are economically evolved due to their porn production rackets.) however, alot of things are now sourced primarily from china. it is the fact that china buy more of the pornography dvds, magazines, etc. that they create than anywhere else in the world (also something i read, don't quote me on it tho :]) that shows just how much of an effect that an internet filter can have.

[Lukepd]

Oh its not going ahead is it? Think again. Australia is doomed.

Whirlpool Broadband News (http://www.whirlpool.net.au)

check it out.

[wolfy]

Cool I'm with KDDI here in Japan. :yes:

[millerm277]

Oh its not going ahead is it? Think again. Australia is doomed.

Whirlpool Broadband News (http://www.whirlpool.net.au)

check it out.

You're screwed. Move here. :D

[Nillerz]

I am very happy not being on Dialup anymore.

I could fill those tubes. Give me a few fast computers and a torrent program. Watch me work.

[Mo_(operalover)]

I think I'm going to cry. From envy.