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This may be paranoia, but I'm actually worried about this much bandwidth being the hands of ordinary people. My reasoning: super-botnets. This has the potential

by timdorr 17y ago

This may be paranoia, but I'm actually worried about this much bandwidth being the hands of ordinary people. My reasoning: super-botnets. This has the potential to very easily create a several 100Gbit DDOS network, which is essentially unstoppable. I understand the need and potential for high speed networks, but I think gigabit might be taking it a bit too far. It's a "with great power comes great responsibility" sort of thing. But perhaps I'm just being overly paranoid.

swombat 17y ago
Don't most South Korean already have fiber to the home? The internet hasn't melted down yet.
- icey 17y ago
  I've never looked into it, or even thought about it until now, but I wonder what virus / bot infection rates look like in non-English speaking countries. Most infections seem to result from an automatically created subject line in English... I'm sure there are viruses created specifically in other languages, but are they as successful?
pavs 17y ago
If I am not wrong, this kind of speed already exists for few years in some parts of the world. S.Korea, Japan and England comes to my mind.
- smiler 17y ago
  The maximum you can get at a reasonable price in England is 50mb download at around $80 / month. It's also worth bearing in mind that upload is the critical speed for DDOS and that is _severely_ limited on most connections. The maximum you can get on a residental connection in the UK is around 2mb.
  - tjogin 17y ago
    I live in Sweden. I had 10/10 mbit fibre in my (regular non-campus) apartment back in 2001, for peanuts, maybe $20 a month. In 2005 I briefly upgraded to 100/100 mbit (very common today), but found that it wasn't worth it (about $55) because what good will that do me when most of the internet can't keep up with it? I think it about doubled my speed from my previous connection, but that's it. Today I have 12/4 mbit DSL, and I pay less than $20. I don't need more bandwidth, but if I did I could get a lot more than I could use for less than $50 a month.

by timdorr 17y ago

swombat 17y ago

Don't most South Korean already have fiber to the home? The internet hasn't melted down yet.

icey 17y ago
I've never looked into it, or even thought about it until now, but I wonder what virus / bot infection rates look like in non-English speaking countries. Most infections seem to result from an automatically created subject line in English... I'm sure there are viruses created specifically in other languages, but are they as successful?

pavs 17y ago

If I am not wrong, this kind of speed already exists for few years in some parts of the world. S.Korea, Japan and England comes to my mind.

smiler 17y ago
The maximum you can get at a reasonable price in England is 50mb download at around $80 / month. It's also worth bearing in mind that upload is the critical speed for DDOS and that is _severely_ limited on most connections. The maximum you can get on a residental connection in the UK is around 2mb.
- tjogin 17y ago
  I live in Sweden. I had 10/10 mbit fibre in my (regular non-campus) apartment back in 2001, for peanuts, maybe $20 a month. In 2005 I briefly upgraded to 100/100 mbit (very common today), but found that it wasn't worth it (about $55) because what good will that do me when most of the internet can't keep up with it? I think it about doubled my speed from my previous connection, but that's it. Today I have 12/4 mbit DSL, and I pay less than $20. I don't need more bandwidth, but if I did I could get a lot more than I could use for less than $50 a month.