Why Broadband is called Broadband

[netfreak]

One interestign fact is, Broadband DOES NOT mean fast (In strict engineering terms). I remember one discussion from one of engineering books. A train (or truck) has better bandwidth then Fiber optics. 1 Cubic meter of space can pack 1,40,000 DVDs (DVD has 12 cm diameter and takes 5 mm of vertical space to pack)1 bogie of train has approx dimensions of 10 meters length and 2 meters height and breadth. That makes the volume to be 40 cubic meters. 1 train can have have 20 such bogies.Ultimately, 1 train can carry 90 PB (Petabytes) of data. Assuming that each DVD has 9 GB data. A train running between Delhi and Mumbai can cover distance in 18 hours. Its bandwidth would be 1.4 TBPS... and that Tera Bytes not Tera BitsImagine a web page that takes 18 hours to load, but the bandwidth could still be 1.5 TBPS.

 

[gabruputt]

snooooooooooooore! yaaaaawn! :blink:

 

[Thor]

Ok, so then whats fraudband?

 

[Sushubh]

sify broadband is fraudband...

 

[kambui]

Airtel is Adband :lol:

 

[iChaitanya]

^^ LOL!A broader band with a broader bandwidth with no fraud and ad band!band baj gaya!

 

[max]

netfreak, yeah. our posts were only 3 minutes apart.

Originally posted by netfreak@Dec 28 2005, 11:14 PM
One interestign fact is, Broadband DOES NOT mean fast (In strict engineering terms). 
Yep. I already covered that part in my post...

 

[vikikivi]

Dialup is wasteband !

 

[behind_uor_shadow]

BSNL is band baj gaya band

 

[Sushubh]

mera dialogue