Universal Blue•2y ago

https://www.gizguide.com/2024/07/japan-internet-speed-record-2024.html

https://www.gizguide.com/2024/07/japan-internet-speed-record-2024.html

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Japan sets new internet speed record (402 TB/s)

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Japan sets new internet speed record (402 TB/s)

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Muko Tabi

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Muko TabiOP•7/8/24, 8:03 AM

not fast enough yet

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:04 AM

being australian i've had experience with other satellite internet and

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:04 AM

it's night and day

Pez

PPez wifi 7 isn't reaching low earth orbit 🥴

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:04 AM

touche

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:04 AM

sky muster might as well be dial-up compared to starlink

Muko Tabi

MMuko Tabi https://www.gizguide.com/2024/07/japan-internet-speed-record-2024.html

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:04 AM

i saw someone rant about this being overhyped lol

Laylahroo

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Laylahroo•7/8/24, 8:04 AM

Strange, with HHD it's reporting a conflict with PPD, and asking to disable it.
But it is disabled

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:04 AM

i think sky muster is geostationary so they don't need 6000 satellites though

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:04 AM

basically we already have speed like that but with multiple fiber, they are doing it with single

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:05 AM

yes

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:05 AM

this stuff is always overhyped and underused

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:05 AM

"can" doesn't mean anyone is spending the extra money to integrate hacks into their already existing stack

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:05 AM

they rather let it fester and buy the next new tech down the line

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:06 AM

atleast fiber is less prone to stealing than copper right?

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:06 AM

we "can" serve actually competent internet over a phone-line. nobody has actually done this however :smirk:

asen23

Aasen23 atleast fiber is less prone to stealing than copper right?

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:06 AM

it would be less prone if meth heads knew the difference before they cut into it

Muko Tabi

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Muko TabiOP•7/8/24, 8:06 AM

don't think anyone considering getting more than 10TB/s for their daily use tho, seems like just breaking the world record for fun

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:07 AM

i remember when internet still bundled with phone service, i got like 300kbps on a good day lol

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:07 AM

that's basically my whole life up to my mid-20s

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:07 AM

lmfao

Muko Tabi

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Muko TabiOP•7/8/24, 8:07 AM

I remember when still using the neighbor wifi cause they set it to 12345678

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:07 AM

i just raged at some point and bought starlink this year because my traditional ISP is hopeless

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:08 AM

they make it easy

Muko Tabi

MMuko Tabi I remember when still using the neighbor wifi cause they set it to 12345678

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:08 AM

just invite yourself over for coffee and take a picture of their fridge magnets tbh

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:08 AM

lol in my country some isp company tried to block starlink cause they are cheaper

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:08 AM

hahahaha

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:08 AM

basically ruined their monopoly

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:09 AM

there's a few places where it legitimately won't fly

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:09 AM

like africa has good reasoning to not allow it

Muko Tabi

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Muko TabiOP•7/8/24, 8:09 AM

how expensive is internet in your place for 80-100mbps im only paying $4 per month here

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:09 AM

africa basically won't allow a private company to come in and undermine their public infrastructure

Muko Tabi

MMuko Tabi how expensive is internet in your place for 80-100mbps im only paying $4 per mon...

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:10 AM

i was paying $80/mo for ADSL2 that barely worked on a good day

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:10 AM

starlink is costing me double

Muko Tabi

MMuko Tabi how expensive is internet in your place for 80-100mbps im only paying $4 per mon...

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:10 AM

thats cheap lol, mine cost 30 usd/mo for 100mpbs

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:10 AM

hahahaha

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:10 AM

yeah

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:10 AM

that's crazy cheap for that speed tbh

Muko Tabi

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Muko TabiOP•7/8/24, 8:10 AM

everything is closer to each other here so we have cheaper internet

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:10 AM

oh

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:11 AM

but you can't download from anywhere :smirk:

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:11 AM

im in best case possible, i live in capital city and it still expensive

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

my only other option from the actual state-controlled ISPs here

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

was LTE

Muko Tabi

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Muko TabiOP•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

probably outside my country then I have to pay a bunch but within here about everywhere have either wifi or 4/5g

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

and i alreay get bad reception here

asen23

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asen23•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

afaik in rural area the price is more expensive and less reliable

Muko Tabi

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Muko TabiOP•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

even the village in the forest also have 5ghz wifi

asen23

Aasen23 afaik in rural area the price is more expensive and less reliable

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

depends what service tbh

Muko Tabi

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Muko TabiOP•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

smol country

Pez

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Pez•7/8/24, 8:12 AM

satellite / wireless is better in rural areas provided you still have the infra for them