On: Bringing ultra high-speed broadband to Stanford homes

[hugh3]

That's nice, but what on Earth would any reasonable mortal do with one gigabit per second internet access?

My standard Comcast cable can download high-def video faster than I can play it. What more could one reasonably want?

[corysama → hugh3]

Answering that question is exactly why Google is performing this experiment.

[bsk → hugh3]

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

[exit → hugh3]

i think the next big thing will be telepresence. rent a robot in some unfamiliar city to kill an hour before dinner is ready.

[hugh3 → exit]

I parsed that incorrectly, but yes, I would totally be willing to rent a killer robot.

[akadien → hugh3]

Multiple simultaneous high-def video download in every room. More ads to sell.