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Blue_Buddies's Avatar
We're still using carrier pigeons out east. smh
KCSmutMonkey's Avatar
Geez, I'm still on smoke signals.
We're still using carrier pigeons out east. smh Originally Posted by Blue_Buddies
Geez, I'm still on smoke signals. Originally Posted by KCSmutMonkey


Thanks guys I needed the laugh.
Sorafune's Avatar
Will google's cable service have all the same premium channels Time Warner does? As a football(soccer) starved Brit in America I NEED my fox soccer.
bp6570's Avatar
At my age, I need all the fiber I can get...
ampad's Avatar
  • ampad
  • 02-18-2013, 06:39 PM
Will google's cable service have all the same premium channels Time Warner does? As a football(soccer) starved Brit in America I NEED my fox soccer. Originally Posted by Sorafune
http://fiber.google.com/plans/channels/
Sorafune's Avatar
Who would have thought something besides a provider on eccie would give me a boner.
ss4699's Avatar
THe rights to premimun stuff will be the KEY to this. When ATT and the rights to the iPHONE and lost it, it changed the world. Who know what will happen on this one at this point!
It's been in use for a while, "IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC)," descibed in RFC 1149.

Yes, I'm a hopeless geek... But it's a cool RFC!

Mark

We're still using carrier pigeons out east. smh Originally Posted by Blue_Buddies
ampad's Avatar
  • ampad
  • 02-18-2013, 09:58 PM
It's been in use for a while, "IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC)," descibed in RFC 1149. Originally Posted by duckrangler
Yea but the ping times and packet loss are fucking ridiculous.
dirty dog's Avatar
At my age, I need all the fiber I can get... Originally Posted by bp6570
I was just thinking that I must be getting old because everytime I hear the term "google fiber" I feel like I need to get some milk.
bp6570's Avatar
I was just thinking that I must be getting old because everytime I hear the term "google fiber" I feel like I need to get some milk. Originally Posted by dirty dog
Lol!
KCQuestor's Avatar
Yea but the ping times and packet loss are fucking ridiculous. Originally Posted by ampad
For raw bandwidth, FedEx still outshines the Internet. But as you say, ping times would be unacceptable (packet loss is negligible with tracking numbers)

http://what-if.xkcd.com/31/
Longermonger's Avatar
Google Fiber + HDTV = better and faster porn and stuff

Google Glass + facial recognition software + smartphone + 4G + Google Maps = HODAR

I'd rather have HODAR.
The Sixth Beatle's Avatar
Not to be confused with Hodor ("Hodor?").