Google Brings 1Gbps to Standford University

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As you guys know from our previous posts, Google has launched a experimental high speed broadband service to many areas in the United States. Recently Google have announced that Standford University in California is one of the areas they will be providing 1 Gbps to. The service will be provided to 850 faculty and staff's homes on the campus. Their goal is to to build up to 50,000 or maybe 500,000 people with this ultra-high speed broadband. According to The Official Google Blog, "Stanford’s Residential Subdivision—our first “beta” deployment to real customers—will be a key step towards that goal. " I see this as a very good idea for Google because Google's HQ is reasonably close by to Standford University's campus so if the service is in need of any maintenance or analysis; it'll be quick to send the results to Google's HQ to manage. Also Stanford University is quite a prestigious university; therefore, they are bound to have bright students and excellent lecturers to give their feedback. Let's hope this service will eventually spread throughout the world soon!


Here's a fun video of Google's little competition among several companies on deploying fiber optics.


References
Internet References

• AccuraCast News, Stanford Homes to Get Ultra-High Speed Broadband[Online], Retrieved 27th October 2010, URL: http://news.accuracast.com/google-7471/stanford-homes-to-get-ultra-high-speed-broadband/
• The Official Google Blog, Bringing Ultra-High Speed Broadband to Standford Homes[Online], Retrieved 27th October, URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/bringing-ultra-high-speed-broadband-to.html

Analysis Poll Week 7

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This week our poll talk about what types of users that use high speed broad band technology the most. This poll helps us to share more information for specific user and random user. By observing this poll, we can see that student and business man have the same percentage while, average user has the smallest percentage. Student and business man have 43%. It may because they have more information about high speed broadband. Student commonly use high speed broadband to make their assignments  and projects. They need a fast technology to do some research and information by using the internet. Nowadays, most of student use internet more than books to make a research or to find an information. While business men, they commonly use internet technology to communicate with others business partner that stayed in other countries. High speed broadband technology is the fastest internet, so their work and communication will become faster. Average user may not have enough information about high speed broadband. They may think every broadband have the same speed and quality. We should share more information to other users so that they have the same thought and have more information about high speed broadband. With this, high speed broadband will have more users then now.

RM1Billion Initiative to Promote High Speed Broadband and Cheap Access for Poor Students

RM1billion initiative to provide school children from poor households with Internet-enabled netbook computers and promote high-speed broadband usage. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced the National Broadband Initiative at the Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur. Under the programme, a student would only have to pay RM38 a month for the netbook and Internet access. Needy students in rural areas will pay even less RM20 a month. They also setting up 138 Internet centres for the rakyat at state information department offices that will benefit 400,000 people and 1,105 e-kiosks at community centres nationwide, at the cost of RM40million in total.



References
Internet references

• The Star Online, Cheap Access for Poor Students [online], Retrieved 21th October, URL : http://thestaronline.tv/v/5345
• The Star Online, RM1 Billion Initiative to Promote High Speed Broadband [online], Retrieved 21th October, URL : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/25/nation/5931577&sec=nation

Introduction to HSPA+

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High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) as defined in Webopedia.com is a set of mobile telephony protocols that includes two popular standards; HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access).HSPA was deployed in 2005 and has been evolving ever since. HSPA services are mostly found in mobile devices such as mobile phones or laptops with HSPA modems. Compared to Wideband Code Division Multiple Acces (WCDMA), which was what most mobile devices use to access the Internet or transfer data, HSPA was a big step up to Internet access through mobile devices. WCDMA supports up to 384 Kbps downlink speed and uplink speed. While HSPA supports up to 14.4 Mbps downlink speed and 5.7 Mbps uplink speed.

HSPA+ also know as "Evolution of HSPA" or "I-HSPA" is the successor of HSPA. It supports up to 42 Mbps downlink speed and 11 Mbps uplink speed. Not many Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) carriers provide HSPA+ service. As mentioned in the previous post, T-Mobile in North America does provide this speedy data connection. The video below gives a clearer explanation of what HSPA is with visuals.



References
Internet References

• PC Magazine, HSPA Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia [Online], Retrieved 20th October 2010, URL: http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=HSPA&i=58942,00.asp
• Webopedia, What is High Speed Packet Access? [Online], Retrieved 20th Ocotober 2010,URL: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/High_Speed_Packet_Access.html 
• The Free Dictionary, HSPA definition of HSPA in the Free Online Encyclopedia [Online], Retrieved 20th October 2010, URL: http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/HSPA 

Analysis Poll Week 6

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Our recent poll asking,"What speed is considered high speed broadband?" was asked last week and it has shown that 50% of voters chose 10Mbps and 20Mbps; while 5Mbps had a 0% vote. Now the phrase 'high speed broadband' can serve to many different meanings when it comes to speed. There is never really a definite throughput of a connection that defines it as high speed broadband. But there is one for broadband, according to the FCC,

Broadband or high-speed Internet access allows users to access the Internet and Internet-related services at significantly higher speeds than those available through “dial-up” Internet access services. Broadband speeds vary significantly depending on the particular type and level of service ordered and may range from as low as 200 kilobits per second (kbps), or 200,000 bits per second, to six megabits per second (Mbps), or 6,000,000 bits per second. Some recent offerings even include 50 to 100 Mbps. Broadband services for residential consumers typically provide faster downstream speeds (from the Internet to your computer) than upstream speeds (from your computer to the Internet). 

So therefore, the term High Speed Broadband can be defined differently depending on different ISP's or users. But in our opinion, any Internet connection speed faster than 10Mbps is considered because most ISP's in the world are providing fast broadband connection in the range of 10Mbps and higher.

References
Internet Reference

• Federal Communication Commission, Getting Broadband[Online], Retrieved 14th Ocotber, URL: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/highspeedinternet.html

T-Mobile Launches Mobile High-Speed Broadband in More Markets

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T-mobile has launched new technology it is called “HSPA+ technology”. Its offers speeds of up to 21 Mbps. Recently, the company of t-mobile is reducing its data pricing on a promotional basis. The operator now offers 15 devices, including this month's launch of the myTouch 3G. One device, the webConnect Rocket, is the only device that can take advantage of the HSPA+ speeds. HSPA+ networks are backward compatible down to the slowest HSPA speeds. In April, t-mobile dropped 5 GB data cap on its broadband plan.



Reference
Internet References

• T-Mobile Launches Mobile High-Speed Broadband in More Markets, [Online],Retrieved 12th Oct 2010, URL: http://www.fiercemobileit.com/story/t-mobile-launches-mobile-high-speed-broadband-more-markets

Analysis Poll Week 5

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This analysis poll week 5 shows that amongst 47 total votes, 81% of it chose fiber optic, 11% on cable and 9% on Ethernet. The right answer for the question is actually fiber optic. Fiber optic it is made up of super-thin filaments of glass or other transparent materials that can carry beams of light. Because a fiber-optic cable is light-based, data can be sent through it at the speed of light. Using a laser transmitter that encodes frequency signals into pulses of light, ones and zeros are sent through the cable. The receiving end of the transmission translates the light signals back into data which can be read by a computer. Compare to a cable and Ethernet, their connection is much slower than fiber optic.

References
Internet reference

• TechTerms, fiber-optic cable definition [Online], Retreived 11th October 2010, URL http://www.techterms.com/definition/fiberopticcable

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Benefits Of Highspeed Broadband Slideshow

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References
http://speedybband.blogspot.com/2010/08/benefits-of-high-speed-broadband.html