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Re: Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:18:22 -0800
________________________________________ From: Joe Touch [touch () ISI EDU] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:37 PM To: Christian Huitema Cc: David Farber Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan Christian Huitema wrote:
So, Joe, are you angling for you place in computer folklore? Somewhere alongside not needing more than 4 or 5 computers for the whole world, or 640K being sufficient for most applications?
There are apps that stress 1 Gbps - they require interactive surfing of high-res (100M pixel) images. The best digital cameras do 1/10 that, and the best displays are 1/25 that. I'm not saying never ever - I'm saying we're not there yet (gigabits are currently needed only where apps are broken in the wrong place). Plus you need someone who wants to do that surfing, nearly continually and unpredictably. What we need, overall, is high bandwidth unpredictable interactivity - that's what the paper says stresses BW, and it's just as true today. What the paper says, and I also stand by, is that most uses of 1 Gbps are apps broken in the wrong place to showcase the need for BW. Joe
-----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 3:24 PM To: ip Subject: [IP] Re: Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan ________________________________________ From: Joe Touch [touch () ISI EDU] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 5:51 PM To: David Farber Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan Hi, Dave, Recalling discussions we had on this topic over a decade ago, gigabits are needed only where applications are deliberately broken in the wrong place: http://www.isi.edu/touch/pubs/jsac95.html Even HDTV streams use only 25 Mbps, likely sufficient for telemedicine. Until we install IMAX theaters in our homes, anything in excess of that isn't useful to a slngle end user. Users of satellite networks will be sorely disappointed with the latency of those systems, e.g., remote surgery with a 0.5 sec response lag. Joe David Farber wrote:________________________________________ From: Dan Lynch [dan () lynch com] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 3:20 PM To: David Farber; EEkid () aol com Subject: Re: [IP] Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan I believe 622 megabits per second from any point to any other point iswhatwill finally satisfy the visual cortex of human beings in an arbitrarymesh.Looks like the Japanese satellite can handle two of those in thedownlinkdirection at once. Jerry,it looks like we still have a ways to go. Dan On 2/23/08 6:33 AM, "David Farber" <dave () farber net> wrote:________________________________________ From: EEkid () aol com [EEkid () aol com] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 9:19 AM To: David Farber; dfarber () cs cmu edu Subject: Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan I'm so confused, the technician on Comcast's help line says 500kbs ismorebandwidth than anyone really needs. Who am I to believe? ; ) Jerry Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan (CNN) -- Japan launched a rocket Saturday carrying a satellite thatwill testnew technology that promises to deliver "super high-speed Internet"service tohomes and businesses around the world. A rocket carrying a super-fast Internet satellite lifts off from itslaunchpad on the Japanese island of Tanagashima. The rocket carrying the WINDS satellite -- a joint project of theJapanAerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries -- liftedoff its pad at 5:55 p.m. (0855 GMT). If the technology proves successful, subscribers with small disheswillconnect to the Internet at speeds many times faster than what is nowavailableover residential cable or DSL services. The Associated Press said the satellite would offer speeds of up to1.2gigabytes per second. The service initially would focus on the Asia-Pacific region close toJapan, aJAXA news release said. "Among other uses, this will make possible great advances intelemedicine,which will bring high-quality medical treatment to remote areas, andindistance education, connecting students and teachers separated bygreatdistances," JAXA said. The rocket was launched from Japan's Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center. ________________________________ Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.<http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598> ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.comTel. 707-967-0203 Cell 650-776-7313 My assistant is Dori Kirk Tel. 707-255-7094 dori () lynch com ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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