Google to launch 1gb per second broadband service

[DontSayBanana]

I foresee expensive as USB 1.0 only supports 1.5 Mbits/sec, and 2.0 only supports 480Mbits/sec; USB 3.0 apparently could support a transmission load this fast, but the adapters are barely present on the market as of this date.

[grumbler]

I was just quoting the article when comparing my speed. What's the source for your 5.1mpbs figure, out of interest?

My source is http://cwafiles.org/speedmatters/state_reports_2009/CWA_Report_on_Internet_Speeds_2009.pdf The last Akamai report is a year old, and one has to have a subscription to see it, so I don't know where the Akamai data is from or how it compares.

[Maximus]

I foresee expensive as USB 1.0 only supports 1.5 Mbits/sec, and 2.0 only supports 480Mbits/sec; USB 3.0 apparently could support a transmission load this fast, but the adapters are barely present on the market as of this date.

Who connects over usb?

[Zanza]

Don't you connect via Ethernet or WiFi to a router? Who cares for USB speed? And Gigabit Ethernet isn't particularly expensive. A lot of mainboards have it these days AFAIK.

[Grey Fox]

It seems that Americans like to connect their highspeed modem to their computer using USB.

[grumbler]

It seems that Americans like to connect their highspeed modem to their computer using USB.

Really?  You have a cite on that, or are you just referring to DSB as "Americans?"

I don't know any of these "Americans" to whom you refer.

[ulmont]

It seems that Americans like to connect their highspeed modem to their computer using USB.

Really?  You have a cite on that, or are you just referring to DSB as "Americans?"

I don't know any of these "Americans" to whom you refer.

I've done it, and I've also used an 802.11 usb connector.  No cite for that proposition, mind you.

[Grey Fox]

It seems that Americans like to connect their highspeed modem to their computer using USB.

Really?  You have a cite on that, or are you just referring to DSB as "Americans?"

I don't know any of these "Americans" to whom you refer.

Yes, I was. Gross generalisation using someone who really doesn't represent the average.

[DontSayBanana]

Don't you connect via Ethernet or WiFi to a router? Who cares for USB speed? And Gigabit Ethernet isn't particularly expensive. A lot of mainboards have it these days AFAIK.

Would you believe I actually forgot GbE for a second there?  Hoist upon my own petard.

[Jaron]

Don't you connect via Ethernet or WiFi to a router? Who cares for USB speed? And Gigabit Ethernet isn't particularly expensive. A lot of mainboards have it these days AFAIK.

Would you believe I actually forgot GbE for a second there?  Hoist upon my own petard.

I believe you.

[grumbler]

I've done it, and I've also used an 802.11 usb connector.  No cite for that proposition, mind you.

But did you like to do it?