Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Bandwidth Junkies Rejoice!

Coming soon: superfast internet - Times Online

THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.

At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, "the grid" will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.

Actually,this is the sort of thing that has to happen if we are going to get the Singlularity on schedule. Still…bandwidth. It’s not just for academics.

Faster, please.