1.4TB internet!

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So BT have successfully tested a 1.4TB connection over 260 miles

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25840502

To me, that is just a pointless speed. What is the maximum speed do you think will ever be useful in your lifetime?

The only possible use for such a large connection would maybe introducing extremely cheap internet whereby one connection serves 10 houses.
 
80mb is plenty for me for the next few years. 4k will be the next bandwidth hog and that doesn't thrill me in the slightest.
 
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Eventually I think it'll become so fast for everyone that download times will become non-existent. Everything will just be instant.

Of course, for this to happen, SSD's will need to be standard and maybe even faster than they are now to keep up with the download speed.
 
Pfft terrabyte speeds you wouldn't even need an ssd

Cloud storage for all your docs apps and games
 
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Pfft terrabyte speeds you wouldn't even need an ssd

Cloud storage for all your docs apps and games
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That's an interesting point, you'd be able to get rid of local storage completely. Makes a lot of sense.

No need for local drives or GPUs, just stream all your data and games from a data centre. Probably the future tbh.
 
30mb here and that's enough for me,it's just a higher speed to con people out of more money as im sure many people don't need that speed.
 
Am I the only one that read this article meaning the 1.4TB was bandwidth they could use to help ease the network congestion, provide better/faster routing to exchanges and nodes etc?

Not to actually be provided as a single connection to a consumer fibre customer.
 
There's no such thing as a pointless speed, any advances that can be used to get more data down the same fibres is incredibly useful, our reliance on connectivity is only going to keep increasing.
 
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