Irish Gov't Invests In Color-Coded Fiber Optics 129
c0mpliant writes "The Irish government has invested a further €5 million, after already having invested €5 million one year ago, in a new system of fiber optics which heralds an era of virtualization of fiber networks, using color coding to enable multiple fiber providers to serve businesses and homes, often on a single strand of fiber. The technology, which has already sparked interest from companies such as BT and IBM, is already in its first phase and boasts an impressive 2.5 terabytes capacity, double the capacity of the London phone system. The company behind the technology, Intune Technology, is comprised of a group of ex-UCD photonics researchers and has been around since 1999 and are based in Dublin. The project is set to be completed by 2020."
5 millions for color coding? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:2.5 terabytes capacity? (Score:4, Funny)
Meh, my hard drive can store almost that much already.
Indeed
All you need now is a pigeon to send the data.
Eat that, you drunk handless dancers.
Re:One Word: WOW !! (Score:3, Funny)
Whiskey was invented to prevent the irish from ruling the world
Re:Terminology (Score:2, Funny)
Re:2.5 TB Capacity? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Terminology (Score:3, Funny)
You sound like a dirty commie socialist to me!
Don't you know that the market will sort everything out and that companies need to compete fiercely with each other, jealously guarding their secrets and infrastructure rather than this wussy "sharing" and "co-operating" to benefit the consumer in the way you suggest? ;-)
Re:One Word: WOW !! (Score:2, Funny)
oh for God's Sake...
Re:One Word: WOW !! (Score:3, Funny)
We've seen your world, yer welcome to it.
Divisive (Score:3, Funny)
Re:im Irish (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Divisive (Score:5, Funny)
Another thing for the Catholics & Prods to argue over. Who gets the green wires...
That's not the problem. The problem come when they try to lay an orange wire in a catholic street or a green one in a protestant one.
Re:Divisive (Score:4, Funny)
Re:5 millions for color coding? (Score:2, Funny)
Ireland is soon going to be a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY......
Let's see......pissing in the kitchen sink, fucking sheep and blowing each other up. Sounds like Ireland hit 3rd world status 100 years ago.
hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
so the irish are asserting that there are financial benefits in adapting this prismatic fibre optic technology?
in other words, there is a pot of gold, at the end of the rainbow?
where did the irish get such an idea?