Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan

Japan launched a rocket Saturday carrying a satellite that will test new technology that promises to deliver "super high-speed Internet" service to homes and businesses around the world.

The Associated Press said the satellite would offer speeds of up to 1.2 gigabytes per second.

[Sayai jin]

Man, up to 1.2 GB. No more lag on multi player games, faster downloads, larger files, streaming HD movies are coming. I have heard Communication experts say that they see a huge leap in internet speeds over the next 5 years.

[Sayai jin]

@CRIMS0N_W0LF - Your harsh words about americans or any other nationality americans will not be tolerated. It goes against N4G terms and conditions. Why do you assume we are americam? In Japan I did not have download limit was a a lot larger than 20 GB. What, countries will enbrace technology that will ultimtley increse the economy. Japan being one of them.

[Regret]

Most of Japan citizens even now have speeds good enough to stream in HD quality without DL limit. They have been always few years in advance.

[dantesparda]

These speeds for at least 5 yrs before they become mainstream

[Sprudling]

Satellite connections are going to have relatively high latency no matter how much bandwidth they have. The signals are going to travel at the speed of light, but even that is going to be too slow for a good multiplayer experience when the distance they need to travel is so great.

A satellite in geosynchronous orbit (always over the same spot on the earth) will be so far away that it'll take 100 ms for light to reach it, and then 100 ms back. Anything less than 200ms will therefore be impossible, and that's just one way.

[TheIneffableBob]

AP made a mistake. I'm pretty sure by 1.2 gigabytes per second, they mean 1.2 gigabytes of total bandwidth. Bandwidth for individual users is usually measured in gigabits.

[Boldy]

Wow, thats fast!! That definatley wouldn't take very long to download a full length HD 1080p movie. And people said that DD was far away; yeah this is still in tests but it will be coming soon enough, along with other countries following soon. My only question is, when is it coming to the US?

[Rice]

WTF, whats with the language, he just asked a simple question....

[Lord Anubis]

if you think the technology will be available in the next 5-10 years you are kidding yourself. Standardization takes years plus it takes more years to study the effect of the technology.

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

My comment was for Boldy29

[Sayai jin]

@CRIMS0N_W0LF- Regardless use said "Stupi* Ameri---s". The same if you said the sme thing about ny other nationality. Hence the s makes it plural meaning many. I have no problem with people disagreeing nd debating, but you took it to another level when you said "Stupi* Ameri----"

Keep it clean.

Back on topic. I posted this topic to show what technology is up and coming. Albeit 2 years or 20 years. I think it is still impressive and I wanted to share it with this community.

[Delt4]

after looking at your past comments you are definitely just another american bashing person who obviously has no idea about americans at all. you base your bias on one or two people you hear about in the tabloids and call your self educated..........NICE!!!! Thumbs up to you buddy!!!

[Panthers]

Lot of American hate on here lately...

[ravinash]

I would say this technology will be ready to go mainstream around the time Blueray is ready to go out in about 10 years time.
Its at the test stage now, then when it goes into production it'll only be businesses that will be able to afford it at first and then as it becomes more established and the hardware has been paid for will the cost come down for when the public will get access to it....so yeah, I'd give it 10 - 15 years.

[wallace1000]

Vote Obama, he will clean up the American image that bush has tarnished!!! I live in Canada and around here the image of Americans has really gone down over the past few years. I however play with lots of Americans on live and they are good people. The problem is that the majority of people judge Americans based on the actions of the idiotic few in power.

[Primetimebt]

Can some tell me what the speed of 1.2 GB would cost a month? Probably around a mortage payment?

[Sayai jin]

Yup, for right now it will be expensive, but do you remember how much DSL and cble cost at first. At first only corporations could afford DSl, fiber optic, cable internet, but a few years later it mainstreamed.

[wallace1000]

No doubt, if i wanted 25mb/sec down from the company i currently get cable internet from it would cost $100 a month. That is the highest that is offered from those guys right now. 1.2 Gb would be pricey :-S

[bootsielon]

Now I can sell my house in order to replace Blu-ray with On Demand. Oh wait.

HD Content On Demand won't become a reality until at least 10 to 15 years have passed. TV Resolutions will keep increasing for the sake of format makers. Internet speeds will have to catch up faster than TV resolutions in order to deliver the highest resolution possible for every movie. Ultra Hi-Vision will slow on demand adoption and require holographic media instead. 30 years from now maybe, just maybe resolution growths will slow in comparison with internet speeds. Maybe then, on demand will be the standard.

Until then, Xtards, get bent.

[heyheyhey]

actually we will soon come to a resolution where the human eye can't notice a difference at all and therefore there would no need to increase resolutioon- same goes for frames per second, you cant advance too much there because the human eye can only see up to 75fps (i think)

but i agree- DD as a standard will not come around for 10 or so years

[Lord Anubis]

heyheyhey have you ever been to the imax if you haven't then perhaps you should delete your comment.

[heyheyhey]

@Lord Anubis

wtf???

my points are proven scientific facts- why should delete my comment?

with fps and resolution there is a limit, after which the human eye doesn't notice a difference

[ShadesMoolah]

This kind of development most certainly makes a strong case for Digital Distribution. But as someone said will take years to be the norm. If MS has not invested in this project, them I'm confident it's taking a very close look at the technology.

[heyheyhey]

1.2gb per second is insane

and because its sattelite im guessing the speed doesn't vary depending on distance from the exchange

when this develops, playing online games will be a doddle and lag-free

can't wait

[killer_trap]

i think 60 frames are the limit which the human eyes can detect anything more than that will only be noticeable in controls as the more frames you have the more responsive the controls are.

[DrPirate]

Wow, 1.2 gigabytes a second. I'm very impressed, it'd be like having the entire planet on a local LAN. Soon those Moon guys are gonna be the cause of lag.

" Ugh friggin moon clan has a bad connection to the Earth Servers....:

[phonyforceslayer]

moon clan XD
oh no fI_Iking jupiter servers. if i anit told u once iv told you 100 times. go off and play with some other species on halo 45

[Delt4]

With speeds that fast imagine the gaming possibilitys 32vs32? no way europe vs north america in an all out halo 7 battle! Or wait better yet asia vs the rest of the world in MGS8:snake resurected! of course this will all be in the future around 2020 but still its sounding awsome.
sayai jin Great post

[rofldings]

32v32 is nothing.

Just go pick up a copy of BF2 and you can play 64v64. :p
(on some custom servers of course, but 32v32 is already possible in a lot of PC games.)

[NO_PUDding]

rofldigns, actually 32v32 is biggest possible on BF2and so far is the biggest possible really, on a gam,e such as it

[rofldings]

I said on custom servers...

Go google for some, add the IP to your favorites, and join.

It's possible on CSS/1.6 too, I just played on this map a few days ago and there are many others:

http://www.fpsbanana.com/ma...

[jaja1434]

Ahh took a bit, but I found it!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...
Now thats fast.

[Kami]

10 gb per second.
just imagine all the porn i could download in a blink of an eye.

[XBOX 360]

Internet2 won't be available to homes, this will.

[jaja1434]

How do you know it wont be in homes? Flying used to be deemed impractical to the average person. Mass market PC were but a dream. Even the internet was supposed to be a passing fad. You should never try to guess whats going to become the norm in regards to tech.

[XBOX 360]

Do you know what internet2 is used for...?

http://www.internet2.edu/ab...

Their lines are laid specifically to key marks:

"While Internet1 is open to pretty much anyone with a computer, access to Internet2 is limited to a select few, and its backbone is made up entirely of large-capacity fiber-optic cables. Rather than Internet1, which is cobbled together out of old telephone lines"

"Organizations that want to join up must demonstrate a research-related purpose, pay dues, and meet minimum technical requirements so they don't slow down the rest of the Internet2 empire."

"Internet2 was never designed to replace the Internet most of us are using now. It's more like a beach or a restaurant—great when not too many people know about it, frustrating when everybody and his mother starts to show up."

[PeterGriffinSays]

Japan does technology RIGHT. With this type of connection, since its satellite, playing online multiplayer games anywhere you go at high speeds shouldn't be impossible.

[Boink]

should help DD nicely

[cmrbe]

I hope they are cool enough to share the love with the rest of the world. Especially 3rd world countries with dial up speed internet.

Edit: Hell yeah. They said they will be focusing on the Asia-pacific region. My region hehe. It would be use for Off site medical treatment and distance education as well. Japanese are officially the coolest people on earth to me :)

[Zinny]

Why the **** doesn't Australia care about internet? I'm still stuck on 512k and they're getting over a gig!

[cmrbe]

Australia if i recall is in the Asia Pacific region as well. It remains to be seen what this will mean for us in the Asia Pacific region

[zonetrooper5]

Japan already has speeds of 50mb to 100mb as standard. I'm with Virgin Media here in the UK on 20mb broadband, Virgin Media have said they will be rolling out 50mb broadband this year, they have also been rumoured to be testing 100mb broadband.

BT is currently installing CN21 I think its called around the UK, however it is basically ADSL2 which is an old form of technology, although it should be better than the copper wiring we have at the moment, the speeds it will provide will be about 24mb. They have said that 100mb's is possible but I doubt it with BT's track record. Still Virgin Media are £6 billion in debt.

[FirstknighT]

Download a high def movie in about 1 minute! Bluray???

[kevin1122]

digital downloads are definitely the future, but i suggest you try living in the present.

[Sayai jin]

Firstknight, Agreed. DD and DVD/Blu-ray (hard copy discs) will be just like CD's and MP3. CD's are still around, but most people have MP3. Peoples aregument, is hat it will take a long time to come around. I think it is sooner than meaning may think.

[robbo918]

I don't think that many feel that DD will become huge, but the time it will take to reach that stage is in question. I personally don't see it happening for at least 8-10 years (by happening I mean average of 60% or greater using it worldwide). One big problem is that not every market has the same access to the speeds and won't for a while. Another, lesser problem IMO, is that some people prefer physical copies of products.

Anyway, I don't think there is a big doubt that DD will be major in the future, but when is the question that nobody can truly answer...at least not yet.

[James64619]

im with virgin media in the UK and im thinking of stoping my contract with them because the speeds they say and the actual speed you get is a joke it's false advertising.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Lets shoot it down since we have had practice.

[thedude17655]

Imagine how much porn you could download with internet that fast, oh mean i need a couple of terabyte externals.

[feejo]

Cancer alert.

[level 360]

Once this tests' show a good future, will it be the end of all disc-based formats? Whether it be in music - ( CD's ) and videos - ( Blu-Ray, DVD and the like... ).
Everything will now be available for super-fast download.
Those who are going to benefit most from these are the makers of hard disc drives ( HDD ).