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Japan Launches High-speed Communications Satellite Kizuna

Jo — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:16:48 +0000

Here is a picture of the H-2A rocket carrying the Kizuna satellite.Japan has successfully launched an experimental 342 million H-2A rocket carrying the Kizuna satellite that will provide high-speed Internet access across Asia earlier today.According to reports:

The communications satellite, expected to be in use for five years, separated from the rocket approximately 35 minutes after the launch, said an official of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) during a live broadcast.

Kizuna is expected to begin transmitting and receiving data with terrestrial infrastructures in July will allow super-high speed data communications of up to 1.2 Gbps, which would make it the fastest in the world.That rate would translate to 150 times that of the average high-speed ADSL connection rate of 8 Mbps, or 12 times the speed of a fibre-optic communication delivery to a person’s premises (FTTP).

Comcast CEO Eyes 160Mbps Internet

Jo — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:26:44 +0000

Comcast is attempting to provide internet services that can reach up to 160Mbps down / 120Mbps in 2008.Brian Roberts who is Comcast CEO explained :

That service based on DOCSIS 3.0 technology would start rolling out sometime in 2008, and casually noted that it should provide more than enough bandwidth to do multiplayer online gaming.

Additionally the company revealed that it plans on providing at least 20-percent with this service before 2009.

Internet Could Overload In 2 Years

Jo — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:28:31 +0000

The number of internet users is growing so fast that there is a possibility that providers could be overloaded unless they invest billions of dollars in new technologies according to a study recently released.The great amount of new video and other Websites could overwhelm the Internet by 2010 .Nemertes Research Group explained:

“Our findings indicate that although core fiber and switching/routing resources will scale nicely to support virtually any conceivable user demand, Internet access infrastructure, specifically in North America, will likely cease to be adequate for supporting demand within the next three to five years.”

Maybe we should all move to China and use their cyber cafes.