kyro Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 Imagine downloading files, videos @speed of 52Mbps downstream:O on your normal twisted copper phone line. Its called VDSL, Very high bit-rate DSL. you can subscribe to TV channels , internet connections at multiple nodes through a single connection. Although it looks really promising it will be quite expensive, there r more than one standard, it works on a short range of 1200metres/ 4000 feet approx. As always it will be introuced in some euro and american cities(dunno when). Personally i m not really excited for this. the phone bills in Mumbai,India r already really high. the service will not be to-the-par. Cablenet has swooped the whole city. cablenet is really really cheap. Please feel free to comment. KYRO. Below are some links if you want to get the Low-Down on this topic. Howstuffworks Demonstration of VDSL on Infineon site the new internet2 sucessfull demo Qwest VDSL services site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevember Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 Sounds good:D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusu Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 hey, hey...supah speed!!!!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 Originally posted by kyro Imagine downloading files, videos @speed of 52Mbps upstream :o on your normal twisted copper phone line. Its called VDSL, Very high bit-rate DSL. you can subscribe to TV channels , internet connections at multiple nodes through a single connection. Although it looks really promising it will be quite expensive, there r more than one standard, it works on a short range of 1200metres/ 4000 feet approx. As always it will be introuced in some euro and american cities(dunno when). Personally i m not really excited for this. the phone bills in Mumbai,India r already really high. the service will not be to-the-par. Cablenet has swooped the whole city. cablenet is really really cheap. Please feel free to comment. KYRO. Below are some links if you want to get the Low-Down on this topic. Howstuffworks Demonstration of VDSL on Infineon site the new internet2 sucessfull demo Qwest VDSL services site You Download things DOWNSTREAM not Upstream. thats 6.5 MegaBytes/sec sweeeeeeeeet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 On a regular line, WOW! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 24, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 24, 2002 And knowing the UK, if/when we ever get it, it will be years late and many times more expensive then anywhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 That sounds nice, hopefully it will be less than $35 CDN a month :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrEmOr Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 I have used this service in AZ. What you get is a 1mbit/sec line. Qwest the company who offers this uses the rest of the bandwidth for cable. At the time that they offered it, they came in to your house and wired any and all the rooms you wanted for CAT 5. They gave you 4 port hub which connected to the gateway box on your TV, and allowed you to use up to 4 computers on the connection. All for $45 a month. and this included your ISP. It worked great, but Qwest is terrible and their customer service lacks horribly. I had a tech question which took 2.5 hours and 12 people to answer. I have Cox cable now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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