World's Fastest Internet Cafe 176
Thyrus writes "An internet cafe offering connections 50 times faster than typical broadband services has opened in Cornwall. Computers at Goonhilly satellite station, on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, are connected to BT's global internet protocol network. That means users can download data at speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps). It is thought to be the first time such high speeds have been seen at a UK internet cafe. The service will be free to visitors."
Hmmmmmm too much hype (Score:5, Interesting)
Also, I notice they have had to tip toe around what it can be used for:
Adrian Hosford of BT said: "It would be possible to use the cafe's computers to download in less than 15 minutes a file the equivalent size of the DVD version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with its 19,000 illustrations, 629 audio and video clips and 100,000 articles.
It seems like they are trying almost too hard to explain how quick it is, afterall, I never rate my downloads in terms of how many "dvd copies of a paper encyclopedia with illustrations and video clips" I just say its shit-hot.
We need it in terms we can understand like how many TPG/s can we view?
will google earth run smoothly without appearing to break up or pixelate no matter where I zoom or rotate to?
can I wipe out my friends in CS:S by having a l33t connection?
Another article I was reading earlier about this mentions why the special people were chosen to open it:
The new internet café will be officially declared open by Helston Community College pupils Chloe Smith and James Evans, both aged 17, who have demonstrated outstanding acumen in the field of information technology.
from here [cisco.com].
(Yes, sisco appear to be hyping this more than the BBC, but then again they supplied some of the high tech equipment.
Re:Hmmmmmm too much hype (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Hmmmmmm too much hype (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hmmmmmm too much hype (Score:5, Funny)
That's exactly correct. You measure them in "Library of Congresses"... duh!
Re:Hmmmmmm too much hype (Score:2, Funny)
-A
In other news (Score:5, Funny)
World's fastest? (Score:1)
Re:World's fastest? (Score:3, Informative)
Emphasis mine.
Re:World's fastest? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:World's fastest? (Score:1)
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<i> tag considered broken (Score:2)
i stands for italic and should be implemented as italic. if you don;t have italic you can implement it as nothing. yes you are entitled to change the 'em' it means emphasis and is implementation dependent ie it's up to the browser and/or the css how emphasis is shown. but i should not have been changed.
the parent poster was quite justified in getting it wrong.
Re:World's fastest? (Score:2)
Sorry, I mean, I know this guy clearly didn't read the summary, but in his defense, the *headline* does say "World's Fastest Internet Cafe." Clearly, the people who write the
Re:World's fastest? (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:World's fastest? (Score:3, Interesting)
If I saw a cafe advertising "Gigabit Internet Connections," my immediate suspicion would be that they have either: (in order of decreasing crapitude)
A) Gigabit links to each machine, and then some shitty 128kb backhaul
B) A Gigabit backhaul, and then 10/100 links to each client
c) A Gigabi
Re:World's fastest? (Score:2)
They've got the local place wired gigabit (with the funny exception of their servers, which are on 100Mbps feeds), but the external pipe is 10Mbps..
It's funny what a nice spin you can put on things.
Can't be cheap? (Score:1, Insightful)
61 dishes
For how long will it be free? I can't image the 61 dishes being cheap to maintain?
Re:Can't be cheap? (Score:5, Informative)
Its a massive communications centre [wikipedia.org].
the cafe is just a tiny part of it which they have hooked into the direct net feed.
Like having the microwave at springfield nuclear power plant linked directly to the reactor core.
Re:Can't be cheap? (Score:2, Funny)
they finaly got a cafe - a while back the staff used to moan like crasy about the closeure of the staff resturant - I belive all that was left was a chip van that called on wednesdays.
Real question does the caff do engineering breakfasts
Better satellite picture (Score:2)
- Fzz
Re:Better satellite picture (Score:2)
Looks like Google needs to do some catching up.
Re:Can't be cheap? (Score:2)
Re:Can't be cheap? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Can't be cheap? (Score:2)
I can assure you, BT are making plenty of dough from visitors to the station. The entry prices aren't exactly cheap for what you get; an adult costs £6.50 (or $12) and a family ticket is £20 (or $36). I wouldn't worry about those dishes falling apart any time soon.
Not that impressive (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Not that impressive (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Not that impressive (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Not that impressive (Score:2)
Re:Not that impressive (Score:3)
They forgot... (Score:4, Insightful)
What server, gaming or otherwise, will be able to transfer information that fast back?
I do have to say that this connection would be perfect for the final destination for the "relaying" internet connection in the $100 MIT laptop.
Joe
BitTorrent, of course (Score:3, Informative)
...
Besides, even old people in Korea get gigabit access in their cybercafes these days :-)
Re:They forgot... (Score:3, Informative)
That's in San Francisco, so YMMV, but there are sites out there that can feed at high rates and don't seem to throt
Re:They forgot... (Score:2)
Basically what happens is a game company either brings in a commercial line, or co-locates a server. For smaller titles it's probably the latter in which case they'll likely have anywhere from single OC3 to multiple OC192's worth of bandwidth (but pay per byte).
If it's a big title, they might bring in their own line (I can't say how often this would happen though) in which case they'd have the entire thing to themselve
Re:They forgot... (Score:2)
What server, gaming or otherwise, will be able to transfer information that fast back?
You apparantly haven't used many usenet servers that host binaries
Re:They forgot... (Score:2)
Re:They forgot... (Score:2)
Oh, and gaming servers wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a decent DSL connection and these fat pipes. You rarely need broadband for online games. Gaming sites like FilePlanet, though, that host the latest demoes (You know, the ones that
Re:They forgot... (Score:2)
Camfrog. [camfrog.com] Each video stream takes up 50KB/s and that's PER PERSON WATCHING YOUR LIVE VIDEO FEED. I can chew up 2 terabytes of bandwidth in less than three days with a popular Camfrog chat room of my own.
in other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:in other news... (Score:2, Funny)
Huff
Moving in... (Score:5, Funny)
YES! (Score:5, Funny)
100mbit? WHY? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2)
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2)
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2)
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2)
So far, everybody's response to you has been sarcastic, but I can see a reason why. With the way cafes are heading now, it's no longer just a place to get a cup of coofee. You can buy music and videos now in some of the cafes in the US. Not to mention the fact that most cafes are already filled with laptop users and not much else. I
It's exactly that kind of thinking... (Score:2)
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2)
We have 5 or 6 major internet cafés in this little town, and all but one of them have 100Mbps pipes.
What's the purpose?
Maybe it's because our idea of a internet café is a gaming center with 100+ stations.
Most games these days "require" more than a 512kbps pipe to run properly.
The one I used to work at saw peak traffic of around 50Mbps, regular traffic was around 30 - 35Mbps.
When you ge
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2)
Ah, Tjockhult...
Ah, I see, but are these 08's playing together/against each other?
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2, Funny)
You don't drink much coffee, do you?
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2)
Re:100mbit? WHY? (Score:2)
Free super-fast internet... (Score:4, Interesting)
It's British Coffee (Score:2)
Goonhilly? Lizard Peninsula? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Goonhilly? Lizard Peninsula? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Goonhilly? Lizard Peninsula? (Score:5, Insightful)
[Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters]
Lisa: He said it was just a name!
Man: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
Re:Goonhilly? Lizard Peninsula? (Score:2)
Yihaa, finally (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yihaa, finally (Score:2)
Re:Yihaa, finally (Score:3, Interesting)
Is it still that fast? (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Is it still that fast? (Score:4, Funny)
Net Neutrality (Score:1, Offtopic)
And yet the poor ol' telecoms are having such a hard time making money due to Google stealing their bandwidth.
Bandwidth that both Google and end users already pay the telecoms for.
obquote (Score:5, Funny)
I first heard of Goonhilly from a hardly-noticed story I once read. Not being a European, I had to look it up at the time to see what the hell it was.
No real relevance, I just like the name Goonhilly.
wtf? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:wtf? (Score:2)
Internet cafes in "GOONhilly": funny.
Internet cafes http://www.tullys.com/stores/store_list.asp [tullys.com] on "SHATtuck Avenue, BERKeley": not.
Goonhilly? (Score:1, Funny)
This screams publicity stunt (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This screams publicity stunt (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:This screams publicity stunt (Score:2)
Re:This screams publicity stunt (Score:4, Funny)
I just hope they built this place with an easy-to-clean floor.
Well for one thing,,, (Score:2, Funny)
BT (Score:2, Insightful)
That may be the most verbose/obscure way of saying "the Internet" that I've ever seen. And why do they imply that BT owns it?
Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:BT (Score:2, Informative)
The 100mbit is probably with reference to the LAN the PCs are located on. When I surfed on the iMacs there it certainly didn't feel like the fastest internet surfing I've done.
-Yawn- (Score:4, Informative)
"The service will be free to visitors..." (Score:4, Insightful)
"Visitors" or "customers"? There is a distinct difference, mainly the latter pays money to the business for some coffee and gets the internet perks along with it.
Can't Wait (Score:3, Funny)
I went there last summer (Score:2, Informative)
All Right! (Score:2)
4 gig connection in 2001 (Score:3, Interesting)
With "Web 2.0", bandwidth doesn't help as much (Score:2)
"Web 2.0" sites tend to constrained by server load, not outgoing bandwidth. With all that extra server-side work, servers are busier than ever. Notice how many more sites load slowly today. Sometimes you'll even see a page load stall because some JavaScript is waiting for an ad server. (Watch the bottom bar in Firefox to see what you're waiting for.)
For overloaded database-driven sites, page load stalls make the Web look like it's 1997 again. Craigslist [craigslist.org] is really hurting during busy periods.
Open for Business (Score:2)
It has been named the Goonhilly House of Porn. Blank CDs and boxes of tissues will be on sale in the lobby.
Okay anybody but me find this funny? (Score:2)
Is that next to Sunshine island on the peppermint sea?
I have to say that I wish I could get that kind of bandwidth here.
That kind of speed is common in homes here. (Score:2, Informative)
Since December of last year, Swedish ISP Bredbandsbolaget have upgraded all 10mbit customer feeds to 100mbit downstream (10mbit upstream) connections free of additional charge. For this connection, I pay 350 Swedish Kronor per month, and this news would never turn up on the Slashdot front page.
Bredbandsbolaget serves over 300 000 households in Sweden, a nation of around 9 million. It's not some curiosity out in the boondocks or goonhills or whatever you call'em.
Re:That kind of speed is common in homes here. (Score:2)
naming conventions (Score:2)
Is the ministration of funny names next to the minister of funny walks?
Just curious...
The world's fastest cafe (Score:2)
Be warned (Score:2)
Geekerz (Score:2)
We have 100 megabits of upstream bandwidth. I've sustained downloads of more than 50 Mbps.
The scary thing is, we get that kind of bandwidth at T1 prices [springnet.net] here from our local utility company [cityutilities.net] (ignore the prices on their site, they're way out of date).
Re:Practical Limitations? (Score:2)
Re:Article is garbage - don't read it (Score:2)
Re:Article is garbage - don't read it (Score:2)
Re:Article is garbage - don't read it (Score:2)
If you are not pround enough to call yourself an American, then you need to leave.
Now why would I want to go lowering myself by adopting the American label?
I'm a Texan ! :D
Re:Article is garbage - don't read it (Score:3, Informative)
Grandparent is talking shit. I've got a 10 meg cable connection here in the UK and it'll max out whenever the remoter server is up to it. I usually get bittorrent running over the 1000kb/s mark, pulling in 300 meg in around four minutes or so.
Customer support is as always understaffed. But I've never had a problem with them. Perhaps no more than 24 total hours of outages (that I know of) in five years service.
Job-wise, things are pretty good right now. Been better, but has been worse (.com bubble). Lond
Re:Article is garbage - don't read it (Score:5, Informative)
Personally I get 8mbs (theoretically) more like 6.5mbs in practice. Where I live you can get up to 24mbs if you feel like it. Telewest (if they are still called that) are trialing a 100mbs connection to a few select areas and offer 10mbs to their other customers. Let's be honest it's nothing like your description.
That's just not true (Score:3, Informative)