Japan and EU Commit 18m Euro To Develop 100Gbps Internet Access 69
Mark.JUK writes "The European Union and Japan have unveiled a joint investment of 18 million Euros that aims to build more efficient fibre optic broadband networks that are '5000 times faster than today's average European broadband ISP speed (100Gbps compared to 19.7Mbps).'
The funding will go towards supporting six research projects, which range from an effort to enable fibre optic networks at more than 100Gbps (aka – STRAUSS), to investigating new ways of ensuring efficient use of energy in information networks (aka — GreenICN).
Faster than 100Gbps fibre optic links already exist but the new research could potentially help to bring these closer to homes. Some ISPs already offer 1Gbps+ connections to home users; not so long ago everybody was still stuck on a 50Kbps dialup link or slower."
Re:Yay! (Score:5, Interesting)
More bandwidth to suck my pc dry of all information!
What they are forgetting is that they ISP must have 100Tbps links then... 100G is already out there. But it is used to aggregate lots of 20Mbps links. If you have 1000000 subscribers on 100G links, you will need at least 1000000G to provide them with access, assuming 1:10 overbooking.
Invest your money in CSCO or JNPR while you still can. Shares are around $20/$25.