LASER breakthrough 26 tetrabits a second

[mertle]

wow thats impressive wonder if Virgin would use it in the future on the fibre optic network. HD tv and internet TV through broadband fibre optic solutions with 26 tetrabit a second

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13469924

This quote makes you just think however what could be done

At those speeds, the entire Library of Congress collections could be sent down an optical fibre in 10 seconds.

The obvious question though if technology moves on to such speeds then obviously then security is at greater risks.

To be able to say take that much data in say scrupulous act of hacking then countries or even terrosrist may use technologies and hackers to get sensitive information. By dumping a mainframe onto theyre own mainframe.

Could therefore technology be buried on the fears it could bring to the world if it was abused.

[Kymmy]

No security fears wth mainframes as the slowest point will be from the storage medium to the transport layer.

This though is great news for the internet and digital services like TV, means less over subscription and more capability with high bandwidth content

[mertle]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

No security fears wth mainframes as the slowest point will be from the storage medium to the transport layer.

This though is great news for the internet and digital services like TV, means less over subscription and more capability with high bandwidth content

I would agree theyre with the good news although possibly hasten it likely initially expensive it will probably awhile before its marketed and companies might not take the plunge initially.

Its still good news for consumer when it does come out into the market.

You make valid point servers/storage medium would be bottleneck but that also would be the bottleneck for the benefits abit. Harddrive storages notorous being the last medium for inovation with data transfer rates very poor compared to other parts of computer development. However it can be overcome abit by clever servers with raid technology.

However like you say over subscription maybe thing of the past down the road that would be massive coup for broadband solutions. With IPTV/VOD/Broadband solutions oversubscribing is holding back technology.

Now next is having every TV programme/Film on VOD system so I could watch TV when I want including classics. I would be in dreamland.