Researchers claim 100 X fiber speed boost

Lucky carriers. The lab rats keep finding more ways for them to milk more capacity out of the same old infrastructure. This time it’s a 100X jump in down load speed. More plug and play upgrades may be on the way.

Wales’ Bangor University claim to have discovered a means whereby data can be downloaded over 100 times faster than today’s typical broadband speeds.

According the university’s Dr Jianming Tang, “Importantly, it works with the existing fibre optic technology we have, so there is no need to rip out the cabling which runs the country’s telecommunications network.” (from The Inquirer)

Life is good if you’re a carrier. It keeps getting cheaper to to add capacity, and business as growing. Too bad life is not also so good for the average US consumer who keeps being forced to pay more for the same or less.