MadManMike Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080410/...re-45dbed5.htmlAm I right in saying that this technology that will "replace" the internet is actually just fibre-optic super-fast connection?They make it out to be making the internet obsolete, surely it's just a replacement for Broadband, like Broadband is a replacement for Dial-Up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 (edited) "connected by superfast fibre-optic cable"seems your correct lolso basically we will have faster internet. amazing effort they make to invent new ideas eh? Edited April 10, 2008 by Bearded Midget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Well the name seems to suggest that it will be a large grid using peoples spare processing time.BBC explains it a bit better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicP Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 (edited) If i remember correctly this is old news, (yup the BBC site is dated from the year 200)I've definitely read this before in a magazine.It's being done and its just a f**k load of pc's linked together sharing the power of each other yes no?BBC resealed an app earlier in last year as well i think.EDITEDNicP Edited April 10, 2008 by NicP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Stop Junkie Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 It's great that a band does a banjo heavy middle eight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 It's great that a band does a banjo heavy middle eight...Haha, glad I wasn't the only one to think that when I read the title (I wonder if anyone else has a clue what you're talking about...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicP Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Haha, glad I wasn't the only one to think that when I read the title (I wonder if anyone else has a clue what you're talking about...)I sure as hell don't,Care to elaborate?NicP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I sure as hell don't,Care to elaborate?NicPhttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gQqLDKsnqwA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicP Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Haha!~Thanks for that,I now feel complete Back on topic Any security downsides to "being on the grid"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondy Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I would just be glad if we could actually keep up with the internet speeds possible at the moment, the average speed in the U.K is like 5-8mbps, whereas in japan, sweden etc its like 50+.Although according to virgin media we already have optical fibre cables, which is true, but they dont actually go to our homes, they are just at the main core networks where most big organisations have fibre optic anyway to channel the large amounts of trafficAlthough if we did get super duper speeds of gbs, then hopefully the hard drive technology would need to be increased otherwise we wouldnt be able to write quickly enough to take advantage of the speeds anyway surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan P Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 (edited) Heard about this about 2 years ago seems pretty cool.Stefan. Edited April 10, 2008 by Stefan P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex-Mitchinson Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 (edited) I don't fully understand it or know much about computers, but being able to download up to 1,000 times quicker sounds pretty f**king good. Edited April 10, 2008 by Alex-Mitchinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Yeah I heard about it ages ago, but there seems to be loads of hype around it now.It seems dodgy to me, surely there would be security issues? (And I mean more than there already is...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicP Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 That's what i was thinking only time will tell i guess.NicP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 being able to download up to 1,000 times quicker sounds pretty f**king good.word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan P Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Its actually for a massive database, the networking stuff is stuff to handle the amount to data. Meant to have all sorts of data about everyone, my mums friends son works at CERN, this is what his mum told me anyway.Stefan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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