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Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space
A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope.
May 12, 2008 |
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The leading 'edge': plastic fibre slashes network costs
Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf ...
Jan 09, 2008 |
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NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet.
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Bell Labs breaks optical transmission record, 100 Petabit per second kilometer barrier
Alcatel-Lucent today announced that scientists in Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.kilometer (equivalent to 100 million Gigabits per second.kilometer). ...
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Health concerns urge Wi-Fi removal
After a warning from a government watchdog group, schools and families in Britain are scrambling to remove Wi-Fi systems.
Jun 04, 2007 |
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Multi-gigabit wireless research could make wired computers and peripherals obsolete
New research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make that tangle of wires under desks and in data centers a thing of the past.
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Internet at warp speed, captain!
The ultra-high data speeds possible on optical fibre networks will only come into their own when the fibres reach the last mile into everyone’s home. But that will require miniaturisation and integration of ...
Nov 07, 2007 |
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The Final 'Final' Nail in WEP's Coffin?
Wireless security protocol, WEP, is everywhere in Wi-Fi networks and just got quicker and easier for hackers to break into.
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Breakthrough could double wireless capacity with no new towers
The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless phone companies to double throughput on their ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Japan collab transmits record data speeds on terahertz waves
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Japan-based semiconductor manufacturer Rohm, together with a team from Osaka University, have come up with a chip that, in experiments, has achieved a wireless data transmission ...
Nov 25, 2011 |
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Samsung is Set to Demonstrate 4th Generation Mobile Technology
Samsung Electronics announced its plan to demonstrate 4th Generation (4G) mobile technology at the annual Samsung 4G Forum in Jeju Island, Korea for the first time in the world. Demonstration will take place ...
Aug 30, 2006 |
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US satellite protection scheme could affect global communications
A proposed US system to protect satellites from solar storms or high-altitude nuclear detonations could cause side-effects that lead to radio communication blackouts, according to new research. If activated, the "radiation ...
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Comcast Cuts Off Bandwidth Hogs
The telecom giant is warning customers to avoid excessive bandwidth consumption or risk being disconnected for up to a year.
Apr 05, 2007 |
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Swiss researchers test high-speed WLAN network
According to the communication theory, only a limited amount of data can be transmitted within a given bandwidth for wireless communication. Ever since these limits were revealed 60 years ago, we have been ...
Mar 12, 2008 |
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US ranks 28th in Internet connection speed: report
The United States ranks 28th in the world in average Internet connection speed and is not making significant progress in building a faster network, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Aug 25, 2009 |
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