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Esra Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-09-08 05:41 PM
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New ultra fast optical switch
This technology was presented yesterday in Sydney.
Could be very handy in speeding up the net.

"A new ultrafast optical switch on a chip could help speed up Australian internet by more than 6000%, say researchers........"



more...

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/07/09/2298842.htm?site=tv/newinventors&topic=tech
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-09-08 06:19 PM
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1. Interesting! However...
such massive increase in speed will still be thwarted by my ineptitude at the mouse... :D
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-09-08 07:12 PM
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2. Still...
loading, downloading and uploading will be faster.
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Igel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-09-08 09:51 PM
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3. If there's a 50% overall improvement, it just means
that the files we all want to download will be 60% bigger, and there'll be 60% more of us.

The improvement will lead to slower download/upload times. :-)
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 05:16 PM
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4. Wooohooo! Hi-Def internet porn here we come!
:joystick:
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Lithos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-10-08 07:34 PM
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5. Woo-hoo!
My spam will get to me faster.
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DireStrike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 03:11 PM
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6. 6000 times as much censoring to do, eh aussie government?
when will they stop fucking with our internet?
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