Internet connection speed of 40 gigabits per second soon

nico · Post by **nico** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:38 pm

[web]https://www.scandinavianow.com/[/web]

Thats something for you faceless.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:05 pm

Great !! Though I wonder if it is 40Gbs downstream, 1Mbps (if you are lucky) upstream

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:39 pm

40 gigs down sounds great, but you have to remember that you can only download as fast as a server can give out, so really it'd be complete overkill. It'd be like owning a car that's capable of a thousand miles per hour. Fucking useless.

Post by **faceless** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:40 pm

It sounds great, but the problem would come where you're trying to access information that's stored on slow servers. To be honest though, I don't mind waiting 10 minutes on my 20mb connection for a full xvid movie or whatever.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:04 am

"40Gbs downstream, 1Mbps (if you are lucky) upstream"

What does it actually mean? Can anyone please explain what is the upload and download speed would be for me. These things always confuses me

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:19 am

Hi Ash,

Downstream is what most people use the link for : browsing web sites which have images and movies.

Upstream is when, as an example, faceless has a locally edited movie, and he wants to upload it to Humyo or YouTube.

Post by **faceless** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:22 am

it means that Mandy's taking the piss! haha

Virgin media currently offer 20mb/s connection, which in effect means about 2mb/s of actual data download and about 90k/s upload, so a 40gb/s system using the same ratios would be about 200x faster.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:28 am

I do have a sense of humour (sometimes)...

Griffo · Post by **Griffo** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:30 am

Who needs 40 gig net? Damn, i'd be happy with a 100 meg internet connection at home so i wouldn't have to purchase servers for torrenting!

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:08 am

i'd be happy with my 8mb if it really was 8mb all the time!

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:43 pm

Honestly, I don't want that kind of fast connection- it is going to *ruin* my education and fund