Comments on: 400 DVDs per second

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:57:35 +0000

and it’s yours for the bargain price of 29.99 a month… only it’s 999.999999999999 million times slower then advertised.

“The record-breaking figure was derived by multiplying the number of lasers by their 100 Gigabit per second transmission rate and then multiplying the aggregate 15.5 Terabit per second result by the 7000 kilometer distance achieved. The combination of speed and distance expressed in bit per second.kilometers is a standard measure for high speed optical transmission.”

On behalf of Bells seemingly absurd theoretical figures published in guise of actual measurements (someone please correct me if I’m wrong here- but as far as I can tell, there was no actual speed measurement that took place here, despite how it initially sounds when reading it- the achievement here is that the system is able to transmit 7k miles setup as it is… The speed as described though, is completely theoretical- and theoretical speeds on this kind of thing never come remotely close to real world performance… and to help avg joe that may have missed it, 15.5 terabits = ~1.9 terrabytes; so the claimed figure is a bit more then 400 SINGLE layer dvd’s @ 4.7GB ea- it’s slightly more then 200 dual layer dvd’s like the ones you buy movies at the store on- still impressive if true obviously…

None the less I’m inspired by Bells shining example of a modern press release, so I’m going to make my own:
I can multiply the number of hairs on my nutsack, by the length of the longest hair, and multiply that ‘aggregated result’ by the quanity of my seamen and then by the distance I can squirt it- this proves that I could impregnate every woman topica Kansas while squatting on the moon masturbating with a piece of moon cheese. Oh- and I”m 10x the man you are. Buy stock now!

By: Irate Pirate

Irate Pirate — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:01:09 +0000

Very cool news. Optical is still the future just as it has always been. With copper prices rising and that of optical technologies falling, a paradigm shift in how the general public uses telecommunications technologies, such as the internet, will be unavoidable. We’re seeing the beginnings of that shift already and I’m positive the entertainment industry will be the first to try to oppose it just like they always do with every new technology. Sadly I don’t think they will ever come to understand how progress is an ironclad part of human nature and thus can never be stifled. I just hope net neutrality will have become an unassailable reality by the time we see optical available to every home.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:55:00 +0000

But, is this bandwidth fast enough for teleportation of solid objects? I’m guessing not quite.

“Physicist Samuel L. Braunstein points out that a fairly coarse scan of the human body (one atomic length in each direction) would require 10Â³Â² bits of data [to be sent].”
Source: The Straight Dope, 1996 article

By: Bah

Bah — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:43:09 +0000

LOL at the DPI comment.

By: RIAA Hater

RIAA Hater — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:11:07 +0000

Yeah, I would like to see the entertainment corporations lobby to throttle accounts that download their “product” with this, Ha!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:57:06 +0000

so after bell adds their dpi to the network it will turn out 400 dvds a month??

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:11:44 +0000

With the pricing you get from Bell and Rogers for that, Canada Post is a BARGAIN!