Israel is working on a high speed broadband network that will bring faster speeds and better access to the country and various business sectors. While many of us enjoy very fast Internet (30mbps myself) here in the United States and Europe to name a few, other people are still stuck with rather primitive technology.
A state-owned electric company is the one behind it and wanting to roll out faster speeds to everyone. With much faster speeds, more people can experience the Internet for what it is and more businesses such as hospitals and entertainment, can greatly benefit from it.
Via Yahoo! News:
“Experts say the fiber-optic lines can provide connections of 10 to 100 times current speeds, transforming the way the Internet is used in such areas as entertainment, business and health care.”
“All the developing countries that have a vision for 10 years ahead, or 20 years ahead, understand that the name of the game will be communications, broadband communications, very fast communications,” said Tzvi Harpak, the electric company’s senior vice president for logistics.
“The technology is known as “fiber to the home,” or FTTH. Using fiber optic lines, it can provide connection speeds of 100 megabits to a blazing 1 gigabit per second. Today, the typical broadband user in the developed world connects at five to 10 megabits using older cable and DSL connections.”
That’s quite the speed improvement and will be even faster than what most of us have. The company plans to roll out this new network in Israel over the coming months. Costs of this kind of network are expensive, but the benefits are great.
What would you do with a blazing fast Internet connection of over 100mbps?
