Ran across this juicy bit this morning....
It really makes me want to pull a cartman and say, "o.k. that's it....screw you guys, I'm goin' home!"
As discussed, the existing limits of our current backbone infrastructure prevent this from helping us tooooooo much, BUT here's some food for thought:
The new version of DOCSIS (Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications) will allow for physical layer speeds of 160Mbps downstream and 120 Mbps back up—more than a fourfold increase over current rates (in the real world).
whole article can be found here
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060904-7658.html
