670,616,629 mph

[SgtM]

That's the speed of light. I was talking to a friend last night who was telling me that his co-worker is getting this new service from Verizon that will offer him up to 30 Gbps (yes, gigabits per second). I said "that's impossible to do over twisted pair copper! It would have to be fiber. your friend better check his info again." I highly doubted that laying fiber to residential users would be cost effective to the TelCo. As it turns out, Verizon has already layed fiber in his area (Cleveland Ohio), and they are planning to expand. I looked it up on Verizon's site this morning. The statement is partially true. Verizon IS offering fiber connections to end users. However, the max bandwidth they are offering is 30Mbps down, 5 Mbps up for $179.95/mo with Free installation. Supposedly, the installation includes a Cisco 1600 router that can be rented or bought from the carrier. I told him that I want pictures of the install, and screenshots from a bandwidth test. Here's a link for more info.

[ESX]

30MBps? thats a lot! (compared to my 1.5.... or so I think).

[sirkillalot617]

err guys he said

30 Gbps (yes, gigabits per second)

[Airbozo]

Much faster than my 8mb comcast connection (I only pay for 3).

I do know there are fibre optic cables running in my area. They string them up every time they are out to repair the lines or fix something. Miles of fibre optic cable, sitting idle...

[ReignInPain]

err guys he said

He also said 30mbs was all its capable of right now (or all verizon are offering)

[sirkillalot617]

oh sorry i didnt read it probebrly

[Zephik]

670,616,629 ...666 is all I see. THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS THE DEVIL! No but really, thats kind of funny how each set of numbers starts with a 6? Why is that? Any reason or just chance?

I think its freaking crazy how there is miles upon miles upon miles of fiber optic cables running through out America. I wonder just how many miles there is of it?

[DaveW]

Any reason or just chance?

It's also known as 3*10^8m/s. Isn't it strange that it works out at exactly 300000000metres/sec? Or is it just the fact that we've applied this specific number to something? Remember, number's don't exist. They're just an abstraction and a way to relate things to each other. There's no such thing as a 'devil number'.

-Dave

[intergalacticman]

It's also known as 3*10^8m/s. Isn't it strange that it works out at exactly 300000000metres/sec? Or is it just the fact that we've applied this specific number to something? Remember, number's don't exist. They're just an abstraction and a way to relate things to each other. There's no such thing as a 'devil number'.

-Dave

hahaha

[AKA_RA]

thats just not fair ><

makes my 6mb/s line look like dial-up