Researchers Just Set a New Record For Data Transmission Speed

[bankybruce]

Wow!

Even if you're enjoying gloriously fast broadband at home wherever you live in the world, you're still going to be a long, long way behind the new record for data transmission: an incredible 1.02 petabits per second.

Researchers Just Set a New Record For Data Transmission Speed

Even if you're enjoying gloriously fast broadband at home wherever you live in the world, you're still going to be a long, long way behind the new record for data transmission: an incredible 1.02 petabits per second.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[Devilmaycare]

Time to complain to Cox about my fiber being too slow!

 

[puckhead]

Amazing!

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Time to complain to Cox about my fiber being too slow!

Since when did Cox offer fiber?

 

[Devilmaycare]

Since when did Cox offer fiber?

For awhile now, at least 6 years. I'm in my 5th year in this house and it was already wired for it when I moved in. It's only available in limited areas though. Starting in the late 90s a bunch of the new home developments were being wired for it during construction. It's mainly those areas.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

For awhile now, at least 6 years. I'm in my 5th year in this house and it was already wired for it when I moved in. It's only available in limited areas though. Starting in the late 90s a bunch of the new home developments were being wired for it during construction. It's mainly those areas.

Interesting. Cheaper to maintain in the long run I guess.

Everyone I knew in the valley had coax.

 

[Devilmaycare]

Interesting. Cheaper to maintain in the long run I guess.

Everyone I knew in the valley had coax.

Works so much better too. I had a slower coax plan for the first couple months I lived here and it was really flaky. I think the fiber has only had one outage since.

Fiber is getting a little more traction in the valley now. It's still spotty though and with who you can get. Cox is my only option right now. I know a couple people that have fiber with CenturyLink (one had the choice between them or Cox for it), and one of my co-workers is getting Verizon's fiber. I wish I had a the choice of them. Both of the others are cheaper than Cox and no data caps. I've been hoping that options would at least put pressure on Cox.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Works so much better too. I had a slower coax plan for the first couple months I lived here and it was really flaky. I think the fiber has only had one outage since.

Fiber is getting a little more traction in the valley now. It's still spotty though and with who you can get. Cox is my only option right now. I know a couple people that have fiber with CenturyLink (one had the choice between them or Cox for it), and one of my co-workers is getting Verizon's fiber. I wish I had a the choice of them. Both of the others are cheaper than Cox and no data caps. I've been hoping that options would at least put pressure on Cox.

I had CenturyLink fiber in the rental I had before moving to CO. It was 500M up and down for like $65 a month. Not one outage. I still even have the free modem they gave out somewhere...

I have fiber here where I live as well. It is through the city. 1G up and down for $55 a month with no caps.

 

[Devilmaycare]

I had CenturyLink fiber in the rental I had before moving to CO. It was 500M up and down for like $65 a month. Not one outage. I still even have the free modem they gave out somewhere...

I have fiber here where I live as well. It is through the city. 1G up and down for $55 a month with no caps.

Yeah, Cox sucks. I'm paying $120 and get a gig up and down but have a 1.25TB data cap. CenturyLink has multiple speed plans here now that I think run 200-940. My buddy that's switching to Verizon is paying $90 for a gig up and down with no cap. He's saving a ton of money by switching from Cox since he had to have the $50 add-on to get unlimited data with them.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Yeah, Cox sucks. I'm paying $120 and get a gig up and down but have a 1.25TB data cap. CenturyLink has multiple speed plans here now that I think run 200-940. My buddy that's switching to Verizon is paying $90 for a gig up and down with no cap. He's saving a ton of money by switching from Cox since he had to have the $50 add-on to get unlimited data with them.

Yep, that's what I had to do as well. 1G down, 30M up $129 + $50 unlimited cap. It was/is madness.

 

[jf-08]

Yeah, Cox sucks. I'm paying $120 and get a gig up and down but have a 1.25TB data cap. CenturyLink has multiple speed plans here now that I think run 200-940. My buddy that's switching to Verizon is paying $90 for a gig up and down with no cap. He's saving a ton of money by switching from Cox since he had to have the $50 add-on to get unlimited data with them.

I have Cox in Chandler as well - $130/mo - up to 1G down, 35 mb up, 1.25 TB / mo but unlimited which means it probably throttles after the 1.25 TB/mo.

 

[Devilmaycare]

I have Cox in Chandler as well - $130/mo - up to 1G down, 35 mb up, 1.25 TB / mo but unlimited which means it probably throttles after the 1.25 TB/mo.

If you hit the cap Cox doesn't throttle, they charge you for it. It's $10 for 50 GB of data that automatically gets added every time it's reached. I believe they have the charge capped at $100 (10 times). I ran into it and had a nice bill in February when my work laptop's management software went nuts and kept downloading Xcode at 11 GB a pop.

 

[BigRedRage]

Yeah, Cox sucks. I'm paying $120 and get a gig up and down but have a 1.25TB data cap. CenturyLink has multiple speed plans here now that I think run 200-940. My buddy that's switching to Verizon is paying $90 for a gig up and down with no cap. He's saving a ton of money by switching from Cox since he had to have the $50 add-on to get unlimited data with them.

I'm paying $90 a month for 500 GB and an extra $50 a month for unlimited data with cox because I go over the 1.25 TB.

 

[Mainstreet]

I have Cox in Chandler as well - $130/mo - up to 1G down, 35 mb up, 1.25 TB / mo but unlimited which means it probably throttles after the 1.25 TB/mo.

So is this only internet or does it include a television package?

 

[jf-08]

So is this only internet or does it include a television package?

Just internet. I have DirecTV.

 

[Mainstreet]

Just internet. I have DirecTV.

I guess I better not complain about paying $40 dollar a month for internet although it's terribly slow, only up to 4-5 Mbps on a good day.

I have DirecTV as well.

 

[jf-08]

I guess I better not complain about paying $40 dollar a month for internet although it's terribly slow, only up to 4-5 Mbps on a good day.

I have DirecTV as well.

My buddy just got Starlink. He's off the grid, but he thinks it's amazing.

 

[Mainstreet]

My buddy just got Starlink. He's off the grid, but he thinks it's amazing.

I will keep it in mind.

Since I have DirecTV I really don't care much about internet speed the way I use it... email, YouTube, news, facebook, the forum and such. I presently have a lifetime deal where my internet will not cost more that $38-40 dollars a month. I hate to give it up until I have too.

 

[jf-08]

I will keep it in mind.

Since I have DirecTV I really don't care much about internet speed the way I use it... email, YouTube, news, facebook, the forum and such. I presently have a lifetime deal where my internet will not cost more that $38-40 dollars a month. I hate to give it up until I have too.

That's a heck of a deal.

 

[Devilmaycare]

It always amazes me the differences in what people need for this. @Mainstreet's speed would kill me but work great for him. I'm sitting here with a gig up and down thinking "maybe I should move to Chattanooga" to get more speed*. With all of the streaming, plus being a programmer, and now with WFH being on video calls all day I really eat up bandwidth.

*Chattanooga has an amazing local ISP. They wired the city with fiber and now offer up to 10 GB connections. Pricing is great too. The 1 gig up and down plan that equals what I have with Cox runs only $60/month with no caps or restrictions.

 

[Mainstreet]

It always amazes me the differences in what people need for this. @Mainstreet's speed would kill me but work great for him. I'm sitting here with a gig up and down thinking "maybe I should move to Chattanooga" to get more speed*. With all of the streaming, plus being a programmer, and now with WFH being on video calls all day I really eat up bandwidth.

*Chattanooga has an amazing local ISP. They wired the city with fiber and now offer up to 10 GB connections. Pricing is great too. The 1 gig up and down plan that equals what I have with Cox runs only $60/month with no caps or restrictions.

I like fast internet as much as anyone. However, if I had it, I'd use it mostly for streaming.

Since I have DirecTV it's mostly a trade off to get the televsion programming I want.

 

[BigRedRage]

I mean, each stream should take up maybe 10GB? you streaming 20 things at once? I've never had an issue with streaming, even when I had 100 mbps. The only reason I cranked it up to 500 was for downloads and gaming.