Comcast showed off 1 gigabit per second downloads

[Geek-9pm]

Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, at the NCTA's Cable Show 2011.

CHICAGO - Comcast showed off 1 gigabit per second downloads and a cloud-based computing in its TV service here Thursday as it demonstrated features for its next generation broadband and TV services.

CEO Brian Roberts took to the stage at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's Cable Show where he showed how the company's hybrid-coaxial infrastructure is capable of delivering a 1 GB connection to the home. Using an 11-mile demonstration cable network, he showed how an entire season of the hit show 30 Rock in HD could be downloaded in just 1 minute and 39 seconds. Roberts commented that with slower, older connections this download could have taken hours.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20071658-266/comcast-shows-off-next-generation-broadband-tv/#ixzz1PSvzZ9G8

[Transfusion]

www.thelocal.se/7869/20070712/
The swedes already have 40 Gbps internet.