tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post2315879069922448839..comments2023-10-21T16:47:21.705+01:00Comments on Fibre to the home UK - Fibrevolution: Competition: What would you do with time on your hands?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-892794443093418362011-08-01T16:14:08.484+01:002011-08-01T16:14:08.484+01:009 minutes to download on the village community net...9 minutes to download on the village community network. not tried it on the wennet one yet, can only do that in the middle of the night and never wake up to doit...chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574928297845542047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-83120432047833369462011-07-31T11:44:40.942+01:002011-07-31T11:44:40.942+01:00I love this!
Just before Christmas I visited the...I love this! <br /><br />Just before Christmas I visited the City Fibre Holdings Bournemouth show house where they demonstrate a 1Gbps connection downloading a blue-ray movie in about 6 seconds.<br /><br />It gets you thinking about why that's useful - and you start to see the possibilities. For a start it totally turns the linear v non-linear TV debate on its head - downloading a bespoke stream of true HD programming in the time it takes to broadcast an advert. (I must write up my presentation on that).<br /><br />We treat broadband to Adam Smith's economics where supply follows demand which works well for staple items like in his pin factory but not for innovation. We need to hear more of Saye, the French economist that says that demand follows intelligent supply.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321525928937286131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-38526765909944012232011-07-29T15:32:45.841+01:002011-07-29T15:32:45.841+01:00The 1M experiment :-
100%[=======================...The 1M experiment :-<br /><br />100%[====================================>] 1,014,644,736 101K/s in 3h 10m <br /><br />2011-07-29 15:11:23 (86.5 KB/s)PhilThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675583272641426292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-48105932845829720762011-07-29T12:02:38.637+01:002011-07-29T12:02:38.637+01:00In the interests of science I'm downloading it...In the interests of science I'm downloading it now at a rate limited to 100 kbytes/s which is what a 1M ADSL connection will do easily (120k usually achievable). ETA 2h45, started at noon.PhilThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675583272641426292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-50982048121461193492011-07-29T11:48:59.828+01:002011-07-29T11:48:59.828+01:00Can my hard disk keep up with a gig ? 1073741824 b...Can my hard disk keep up with a gig ? 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 8.38897 s, 128 MB/s<br /><br />yes, exactly 1 Gbit/s as it happens. <br /><br />30 hours of flying time and a few hundred quid to use a HK cybercafe :-)<br /><br />The question is a bit moot because I virtually never sit waiting for anything to download, so I would do what I would have been doing anyway while it downloaded in the background ?PhilThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675583272641426292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-28868136162768739012011-07-29T10:49:12.072+01:002011-07-29T10:49:12.072+01:001 hour, 5 minutes, 23 seconds
If I would have a G...1 hour, 5 minutes, 23 seconds<br /><br />If I would have a Gigabit connection I would stop spending time on selling my house for moving into some area covered by better Internet access :-)Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686789268246199818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-18757377709870326112011-07-29T09:58:41.214+01:002011-07-29T09:58:41.214+01:00@PhilT if it took you 50 minutes then in a Hong Ko...@PhilT if it took you 50 minutes then in a Hong Kong cybercafe this would cost you a couple of quid. Max. Just assume that you have a gig and it's affordable and tell me then what you would do with your time....Cybersavvy UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17479039813782184878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-74152832096897576202011-07-29T09:56:37.798+01:002011-07-29T09:56:37.798+01:00Our community network has a 2megabit feed, shared ...Our community network has a 2megabit feed, shared by 20 families and businesses. If I hogged it downloading a gig file it would impact on all of them, so there is no way I can enter your competition.<br />If I could download it in a few seconds it would save me going to the town to collect it, around 30 mile round trip, 2 hours inc parking up. Or I could use the link we just put in to the village network and give it a try, but if I did that it would impact on the village users. hmm. difficult one. If I asked my neighbours on satellite it would cost them £15 for a gig of data transfer on top of their £40 a month rental.<br />I may just wait until the wee small hours when nobody is up and try it on our community network. I would love to win that cube off you.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574928297845542047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-32401000778549736242011-07-29T09:19:30.773+01:002011-07-29T09:19:30.773+01:0050 minutes. While doing other things.
If I had a ...50 minutes. While doing other things.<br /><br />If I had a gigabit connection I would have to go out to work flipping burgers in the time saved in order to pay the £350 per month that Chattanooga suggests I would be charged for said Gigabit connection.PhilThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675583272641426292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-69796271266945456722011-07-29T07:18:04.253+01:002011-07-29T07:18:04.253+01:0019 minutes, 43 seconds.
What would I do with that...19 minutes, 43 seconds.<br /><br />What would I do with that time - know that multi-tasking really was pointless again?James Saunbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571933354075689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-12723079764174247022011-07-29T01:43:18.254+01:002011-07-29T01:43:18.254+01:00UPDATE: Third attempt at downloading the file here...UPDATE: Third attempt at downloading the file here. It just keeps stalling.....this is why I don't bother trying to download movies. <br /><br />Very interesting letter to Ed Vaizey published tonight after he was on Twitter for some time talking about copyright, content, innovation and the newzbin story.<br /><br /><a href="http://mark.goodge.co.uk/2011/07/an-open-letter-to-ed-vaizey/" rel="nofollow">Open letter to Ed Vaizey by Mark Goodge </a>Cybersavvy UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17479039813782184878noreply@blogger.com