Issue #26 - July 5, 2024

Welcome to Issue #26!

Some headlines of the week:

⚡️ A wildly impressive internet speed world record was just set — 402,000,000 Mbps, anyone?

👩🏻‍🚀 SpaceX will attempt the first commercial spacewalk

🤖 Robot Borrows an Impressive Trick from Tesla’s Autopilot

🫤Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand

💡Learn About - Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD) .. because why wouldn’t you want to?

..and a Podcast, and a Netflix series and an Infographic.. All for free!

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Enjoy Issue #26!

Canada Broadband and some US Stuff

Canada's Rogers wraps 5G cloud RAN trial with Ericsson

At a nearly sold-out Toronto Blue Jays game on Canada Day, Rogers Communications successfully trialed 5G Cloud-Radio Access Network (Cloud RAN) technology with its network partner Ericsson. This marks the first time this industry-leading technology has been deployed over a commercial network at a live event in Canada.

This technology builds on the company's national standalone 5G core network, which Rogers was first to launch in 2021. Implementation of Cloud RAN technology is foundational as Rogers evolves towards the next generation of networks.

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My Take: Well, at least something exciting came from a baseball game.. said no one - ever - except for me, just now, about this article.

A quick primer.

Cloud RAN allows the separation of RAN baseband software from hardware, enabling the software to run on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. This flexibility means that network functions can be deployed on-site, in a data center, or even on public cloud infrastructure. This separation and flexibility allow for easier scaling and adaptation to varying network demands.

Cloud RAN's architecture supports the deployment of core network functions closer to the end-users, reducing transmission distances and latency. This proximity enhances the performance of real-time applications and services, making it particularly beneficial for applications requiring low latency, such as autonomous driving and remote surgery—both of which are very important at a baseball game.

Well, I could actually see the surgery part at a baseball game. Perhaps a kiosk beside one of the drink concession stands offering a do-it-yourself lobotomy service.

A wildly impressive internet speed world record was just set — 402,000,000 Mbps, anyone?

Earlier this spring, Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology achieved this new 402 terabits-per-second internet speed world record, showing that near-instant data transfer speeds are closer to reality.

Transferring data over 50 kilometers of standard, commercially available optical fiber cables, the international research team achieved a staggering data transmission rate of 402 Tbps, or 402,000,000 Mbps, beating the previous rate "by over 25%."

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My Take: Just because you can, and all that. Just imagine how fast you’d be able to download this newsletter! I can see it now. The door hanger. “402 Tbps, $65/month, introductory rate for 24 months”.