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Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds
(www.livescience.com)
Round 37 of Dead Horse vs. Baseball Bat.
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
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Once you become one with the high ping, you gain superpowers.
That superpower is mere strength just from slamming many keyboards/mice/controllers at the wall and/or floor.
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What's the point though? With more and more trash content on the internet what would the bandwidth be used for? To force-feed people more ads?
Right, but have you seen this new trash in 8K? Do you even have a video wall?
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fiber optics
Won't come out immediately, as that tech would first have to be finalized then introduced to the domestic market.
I'm sorry, fiber optics needs to be finalized before being introduced to the domestic market?
I've had fiver since a long, LONG time
Yeah, I've had a fiber cable running all the way into my apartment for over a decade, and directly into my router for years.
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i mean a tincan with a wire on it is faster than average us internet speeds
Wouldn't it be bottlenecked by the upload speed?