What would you need "super fast internet" for?

[twinscythe12332]

The thread about superfast internet got me thinking... what would you really use superfast internet for?
Personally, I could see it being used for big businesses who need to be joined to their different branches, or stores that need a central hub for their POS.
And, of course, downloading... but that wouldn't really fall in the scope of business, unless your business is downloading ^^.
So if we had "super fast internet" what would you use it for and why? would it really help your business versus an in-house solution?

[greasemonkey]

for this type of thing I would guess
http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/G...-soon-20101208
No hard drives!!

[AndyD]

My biggest domestic use for fast internet would be on-demand streaming media.

[KimH]

Inhaling the interwebs!

[Dave A]

There's nothing more frustrating for me to tap my fingers waiting for a page to load, or a transaction to complete. Lag drives me nuts.

I get frustrated doing transactions on my financial program over a 100Mbps LAN where the database is on another machine.

Now if you're connecting your financial database to a CRM, the issues start climbing fast.

The CRM needs to be on either a static IP where your ISP doesn't have an unreasonable email send rate, or you have to get adequate webserver space somewhere - probably VPS minimum.

The solution is setting up a VPN incorporating a VPS - and that would need super fast internet.

[tec0]

Ironically internet is based on a communication system so that data can be shared across borders. As the home office becomes a more popular idea “supper fast internet� will become a necessary tool for conferences, formal meetings and informal communication between workers that is soon to be scattered all over the world, DELL being the biggest example of this type of communication system.

Education systems will be a close second because a single teacher would be able to reach thousands of students; students would be able to communicate and create virtual workshops or just use the system for leisure.

Interactive media, shows, news and entertainment is an inevitable next step. On demand viewing is becoming a reality slowly and soon will take over TV network’s role. Also you will no longer need a big computer to do all this because your mobile phone will be fully integrated to use all these technologies.

Superfast internet is designed to connect people, organisations and it will do exactly that if available to both the home and business user.

Also the new true 3D hologram systems are slowly coming into its own thanks to advanced laser and LED technology. So it is not to far fetch to see true 3D live feeds that will require more data to do so, so the faster the net the better these technologies can evolve.

The real question is cost and sustainability but I think that is another topic entirely.

[adrianh]

I think that all communication devices (including entertainment) will fold into one interface. The need for a PC, TV, Fax, cell phone, landline, DVD player etc will no longer exist. All you really need is a high speed multimedia / communications device with multiple screens, keyboards etc.

An interesting aside is that digital communications frees up a lot of analog RF bandwidth. Radio controlled models used 27MHz, 35MHz & 60MHz with lots of bleeding into other channels. The number of channels were seriously limited and radios frequently interfered with one another. Then a company called Spektrum developed a digital 2.4GHz system that allows for about 80 channels to be used simultaneously. This advance in communications totally opened up the RC market and all the manufacturers have moved over to 2.4GHz.

[twinscythe12332]

A launch deal with Verizon will provide Chrome notebook users 100MB of wireless data per month free for the first two years.

that's crazy. 100MB per month. if they're dealing with a 100% online filesystem, how can that be justified 0_o

[Dave A]

Got to hook you somehow

[byron_spy]

Some light on internet speed

I have noticed that most people think having a 100 Mb Local Area means you can download 100Mb a second which is not the case

Your line speed is determined by your dsl line, this can either be 4Mb/ 512 K or 384k

This is still not true speed

A 4 Mb line would get 400 perhaps on Download

Here is a link where you can test your connection speed

https://www.speedtest.net

This will be a upload and download speed test and will shed some light on the topic

I heard Cell C launched a 21 Meg Dongle with a speedtest result of 9Mb download which is excellent

[byron_spy]

There's nothing more frustrating for me to tap my fingers waiting for a page to load, or a transaction to complete. Lag drives me nuts.

I get frustrated doing transactions on my financial program over a 100Mbps LAN where the database is on another machine.

Now if you're connecting your financial database to a CRM, the issues start climbing fast.

The CRM needs to be on either a static IP where your ISP doesn't have an unreasonable email send rate, or you have to get adequate webserver space somewhere - probably VPS minimum.

The solution is setting up a VPN incorporating a VPS - and that would need super fast internet.

I agree completely with your statement, but its not always your connection thats gets the blame

Should the host of the website not be up to standard your site dns lookup can take 4 times longer

For example

A average hosting company loading a 35k Home Page takes 0.45 seconds
A fast reliable host for the same packet takes 0.15 seconds

Huge difference from the start

[popayetwo]

Fast, Faster....

I don't need a superfast internet connection right now but it would be nice to have a 10 meg d/l speed so I can just watch one Youtube video without the darn thing pausing every three seconds for twenty seconds at 384k.

Problem is, there is no enticement for government to supply this service when the masses don't use it/can't afford it/not interested in it.

Ten years ago, Telkom was able to supply 4 meg easily. Today they are milking the system for all its worth to rake in the dough while pretending that bandwidth is limited or too expensive. Hence their entry level remains at 384K and you have to pay a premium for better speed.

I look forward to the day SA moves into the 20th century. It will be a long time before they move into the 21st century with the rest of the world.

[it.cygnet]

Everyone wants a fast internet connection, but there's a point at which extra range of frequency which is wasted. The next step is speed how quickly data travels from one place to another. The Internet is a constantly improving it's entity with websites demanding with faster Internet connection.For small businesses faster Internet connection will also be able to communicate with clients and other businesses.

[dfsa]

I don't need a superfast internet connection right now but it would be nice to have a 10 meg d/l speed so I can just watch one Youtube video without the darn thing pausing every three seconds for twenty seconds at 384k.

Problem is, there is no enticement for government to supply this service when the masses don't use it/can't afford it/not interested in it.

Ten years ago, Telkom was able to supply 4 meg easily. Today they are milking the system for all its worth to rake in the dough while pretending that bandwidth is limited or too expensive. Hence their entry level remains at 384K and you have to pay a premium for better speed.

I look forward to the day SA moves into the 20th century. It will be a long time before they move into the 21st century with the rest of the world.

With SKA getting implementing, South Africa will have some of the fastest connection speeds in the world, together with Australia.

Telkom has already as of the beginning of this Month upgraded the 384k to 1meg, there is no more 384k. People who were on 1meg was upgraded to 2meg at no extra cost. The bottom line is, the SKA requirement mean that the low base line speeds is no longer going to be there. To accommodate the SKA the whole infrastructure is being upgraded.

8ta at this point have the fastest wireless options available.

You would have noticed in the last few Years and on a continuous basis that the roads are trenched and fiber optics installed.

[popayetwo]

With SKA getting implementing, South Africa will have some of the fastest connection speeds in the world, together with Australia.

Telkom has already as of the beginning of this Month upgraded the 384k to 1meg, there is no more 384k. People who were on 1meg was upgraded to 2meg at no extra cost. The bottom line is, the SKA requirement mean that the low base line speeds is no longer going to be there. To accommodate the SKA the whole infrastructure is being upgraded.

My son in Sydney Oz has clocked 54Megs on his home Internet at slack periods which drops to a merw 24 megs at peak time. We had a race to load a BIG page - his took 0.5 secs and mine took 15 minutes. Also, I don't know anyone who has been upgraded yet to 1Meg - I am STILL on 0.3Meg. Telkom promised it would be upgraded in Aug, then Sep now Nov. Does anyone out there actually have upgraded 0.3 line speed yet?