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From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Data Transmition Rares
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Date: 23 Feb 91 07:34:58 GMT
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In article <39096@muvms3.bitnet> crp002@muvms3.bitnet writes:
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>I came up with a transmition rate of roughly 1221 megabytes/second [...]
>Is this a practical tranmission
>speed? I don't think it is, but if what I think works, we are being really
>screwed by the computer industry. 

Gigabit links are coming (experimentally) but do not exist today.  
There's nothing in the 10Gbit/sec range as you suggest.
You can get several different 100 Mbit/sec systems commercially today.

What would be the computer industry's motivation in holding back high
speed communications systems?  If they existed and worked, why wouldn't
they be on the market?  High speed links would sell lots of fast CPUs,
huge disk drives, and other gear, and would let everyone make gobs of
money.  I'm certain there's no conspiracy holding such wonders back!  :-)


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