Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan

[Greatbloke]

(CNN) -- Japan launched a rocket Saturday carrying a satellite that will test new technology that promises to deliver "super high-speed Internet" service to homes and businesses around the world.



If the technology proves successful, subscribers with small dishes will connect to the Internet at speeds many times faster than what is now available over residential cable or DSL services.

The Associated Press said the satellite would offer speeds of up to 1.2 gigabytes per second.

The service initially would focus on the Asia-Pacific region close to Japan, a JAXA news release said.

"Among other uses, this will make possible great advances in telemedicine, which will bring high-quality medical treatment to remote areas

[Rusty]

Zoom Zoom.....

[..ME..]

1.2 gig/sec. that will be awesome if we ever see if in our day

[spud]

fuckin lol, our children's children will be dead before anything like that lands in Australia

[Greatbloke]

..unless we blow up Telstra ..ha ha

[GURU]

[spud]

there'd be no internets at all if they did that. I'm happy for them just to rough em up a bit

[Kamikazee]

well we are getting a new fibre channel out to asia (can't remember where specifically) ...


Australia is the leading western/developed country in slow and expensive as fuck broadband/dsl. Go Australia Go!

[Leone]

That's cause we're far away and small (like Spud's junk). That's not going to change in a hurry, so neither is our Broadband. And the satellite speeds are NEVER as fast as they say they will be. There's a $300million new cable going from the US to Japan as well I think...

[Kamikazee]

Yeah I was trying to find the news link for that new cable from US to JAP... because apparently Google owns it.

[..ME..]

this isnt using a satellite but still crazy speeds.

"...researchers in France have successfully transmitted optical data at an absolutely blazing sped of 16.4 Tbps over a distance of over 1,500 miles....."

[Leone]

Now that's quick!