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entwisi · 05-12-2005, 07:06

Chav,
There are gigabit ethernet cards available and have been for some time.

What is more appropriate is what would you need that speed for? 24Mbps is enough for streaming HD TV down. There is only so much music to download. Even with current technologies it is difficult to max out a connection 24/7.

I have to agree with Roy though. A lot of companies are selling 8M and above connections yet the UK bandwidth is already oversubscribed. You will find it very difficult to get that speed maintained over a long period. Th e other thing worth considering is teh TCP/IP protocol itself. When you get into teh sort of bandwidth that we are talking about there is a definate kick to teh system resources in recompiling all teh packets that have been routed over a multitude of routes from teh server to your PC.

05-12-2005, 07:06	#9
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4389	Re: Need for SPEED......... Chav, There are gigabit ethernet cards available and have been for some time. What is more appropriate is what would you need that speed for? 24Mbps is enough for streaming HD TV down. There is only so much music to download. Even with current technologies it is difficult to max out a connection 24/7. I have to agree with Roy though. A lot of companies are selling 8M and above connections yet the UK bandwidth is already oversubscribed. You will find it very difficult to get that speed maintained over a long period. Th e other thing worth considering is teh TCP/IP protocol itself. When you get into teh sort of bandwidth that we are talking about there is a definate kick to teh system resources in recompiling all teh packets that have been routed over a multitude of routes from teh server to your PC.