In flight wifi FTW
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$25 for even just one bag? Or is that just for the second and third? Some other airlines are even worse than that, but I'm glad Air Canada has stuck with its first-bag-is-free policy.
How fast/reliable is that Internet? Perhaps you could run a test at Speedtest.net and report the results?
How fast/reliable is that Internet? Perhaps you could run a test at Speedtest.net and report the results?
269 down / 283 up
I'd post the screen grab but it would be a mother fucker on this phone.
283Kb/s up? That's faster than my home Internet connection :-|
Without thinking I decided to go with my typical no-real-input-on-the-conversation posting style so I did a quick Google search to find the biggest bag of nuts that I could thinking that maybe $25 would be justified if that is what was handed out.
Total respect for your posting behavior Optix.
Total respect for your posting behavior Optix.
I have to agree. Optix makes me laugh all the time.
I'll just put this here.
Thank you Bobert. I was pretty impressed with the speeds. It's a 12 dollar per flight deal I think but Google is promoting Chrome so it was sponsored. Therefor, it was free (awesome).
The bits vs bytes dillemma
Doh, I didn't catch that :-/ Still, decent for in-flight.
Glider
Coastermaker
At work I am testing a 100Gbps port card... So not convinced...
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/alcatel-lucent-takes-100-gbps-optical-gear-commercial/35648
And yes that is on 1 port And no, we aren't Cisco, it is FULL duplex, not half duplex
EDIT: maybe include the official release notes to keep my boss happy too
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/features/100GE/docs/100GE_PR.pdf
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/alcatel-lucent-takes-100-gbps-optical-gear-commercial/35648
And yes that is on 1 port
And no, we aren't Cisco, it is FULL duplex, not half duplex EDIT: maybe include the official release notes to keep my boss happy too
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/features/100GE/docs/100GE_PR.pdf
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"To get a feel for 100 Gbps consider that the technology can transfer more than 100,000 MP3 files in 60 seconds or more than 15,000 HDTV channels streamed live."
That's about all I needed to hear to be sold on it.
You work at Alcatel-Lucent?
That's about all I needed to hear to be sold on it.
You work at Alcatel-Lucent?
Damn... the backbone gets cheaper and faster while last mile gets slower, throttled and more expensive, complete with pay per GB pricing, such great times... Think I'll go squat next to my local exchange...
I would not exactly call it cheap... $140k for a 1*100G card and $130k for a 12*10G card...
Finally, a proper use for this smilie:
!Seriously, that's some intense hardware. You're playing with a piece of PCB that costs as much as some houses, LOL. Or nearly a Bentley GT.
Your job must be extremely interesting.
Psi*
Tech Monkey
I think I need to slow down ... a lot. I read that as $25 per bag of nuts.
I think I need to slow down ... a lot. I read that as $25 per bag of nuts.
It's not just you... I read it the same way