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10 Gbps Broadband is not a distant dream


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Paris, France, July 09, 2014
Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), has set a new broadband speed record of 10 gigabits-per-second (Gbps) using traditional copper telephone lines and a prototype technology that demonstrates how existing copper access networks can be used to deliver 1Gbps symmetrical ultra-broadband access services.
Achieving 1 Gbps 'symmetrical' services – where bandwidth can be split to provide simultaneous upload and download speeds of 1 Gbps – is a major breakthrough for copper broadband. It will enable operators to provide Internet connection speeds that are indistinguishable from fiber-to-the-home services, a major business benefit in locations where it is not physically, economically or aesthetically viable to lay new fiber cables all the way into residences. Instead, fiber can be brought to the curbside, wall or basement of a building and the existing copper network used for the final few meters.
The Bell Labs tests used a prototype technology called XG-FAST. This is an extension of G.fast technology, a new broadband standard currently being finalized by the ITU. When it becomes commercially available in 2015, G.fast will use a frequency range for data transmission of 106 MHz, giving broadband speeds up to 500 Mbps over a distance of 100 meters. In contrast, XG-FAST uses an increased frequency range up to 500 MHz to achieve higher speeds but over shorter distances. Bell Labs achieved 1 Gbps symmetrical over 70 meters on a single copper pair. 10 Gbps was achieved over a distance of 30 meters by using two pairs of lines (a technique known as “bonding”). Both tests used standard copper cable provided by a European operator.

 

 

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:lol:

 

Hyderabad walo ko 50 mbps milta hai....almost at par with develop countries like UK and all.

Goa is pretty backward where stuff like this is concerned. Penetration is very low. For example the city I live in has only one provider i.e. BSNL. Hathway does exist but only wirefree plans which are totally rubbish, latency and speed wise. And this is the port city.

 

Other cities have BSNL and other providers but the plans are idiotic, price and fup wise.

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^^ Yeah! And they have the FUP issues like we do too.

 

Average is around ~25 UP / DOWN and you can get that from BEAM in Hyderabad. More if you got the monies.

Goa is pretty backward where stuff like this is concerned. Penetration is very low. For example the city I live in has only one provider i.e. BSNL. Hathway does exist but only wirefree plans which are totally rubbish, latency and speed wise. And this is the port city.

 

Other cities have BSNL and other providers but the plans are idiotic, price and fup wise.

 

Most of us are in the same boat Sir.

 

And private players who have the infrastructure can and will charge a killing.

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In my city the cable provider also proved internet... 100gb fup... 10mbps fiber connection for 1100 per month...only issue is that it almost never gives me 10mbps speed ... 7 8 at most ... Mostly just 2mbps..

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It will happen sooner than most of us thinking, since this tech can use existing copper wire tech (BSNL is almost everywhere India). Also don't compare India's internet situation with tiny nations, we have enough variety to fill the entire solar system.

 

Right to Connect should be the next basic right after food,water,shelter and education

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cool profile pic, are you a fan of The Ghost Who Walk ?

 

BTW , Right to Internet Access is a human right as per UN - source

I recall Finland having a Right to broadband of minimum 1Mbps for every citizen.

 

As in, it has to be available. No excuse like 'no technical feasibility' as ISPs often do here.

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I am the ghost who walks :lol:

 

Big fan

 

same here :punk:

 

I recall Finland having a Right to broadband of minimum 1Mbps for every citizen.

 

As in, it has to be available. No excuse like 'no technical feasibility' as ISPs often do here.

 

considering Modi is tech savvy, I am hopeful

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