It has long been thought that fibre optic cables could handle almost limitless streams of data. Light travelling down a glass fibre cable can carry almost unimaginable quantities of information – however it is now thought that we are already nearing the limits of the current technology.
Researchers are now urgently pushing to innovate new, higher-bandwidth cables which will future proof how we share data as we head into the new decade. This will not be the first time that the fibre optic platform has been re-engineered to allow for greater transmission; yet it was never thought possible that we would be pushing the existing technology to such limits so quickly. Laboratory results now illustrate these limits with controlled data-flow tests pushing cables to near their capacity.
The recent surge in high definition streaming, data sharing, device interconnectivity and other such reliance on the global fibre network has called to light just how much bandwidth needs handling on a daily basis. Many top researchers in this area believe small gains can be achieved in adjusting the way light signals are encoded, although major gains will require new fibres.
With worldwide bandwidth demand rapidly on the rise, it is clear that markets will soon be taking full advantage of the supply-demand link. Bandwidth could soon become as valuable of a commodity as water or power, which will have implications on everyone. This is set to be amplified further in the following years, with the introduction of 3D streams, ‘4k’ HD video and a general increase in traffic congestion online.
These changes are set to effect home users in the not so distant future, however commercial internet/network speeds will remain at the forefront of technological developments and so push through largely unharmed. The professional IT industry will always remain highly connected, as online operations are core to all business activities.
As a leading dedicated server, colocation and online backup provider in the UK, Netwise Hosting will always take a customers bandwidth requirements very seriously. With bandwidth allowances guaranteed as part of our SLA, you can be sure that your global reach remains unharmed into the future, with our high speed direct fibre lines providing seamless access to the international network backbone.
We understand that with such a diverse customer-base, clients may need to pay for their services in a number of different ways. With customer satisfaction at the very heart of what we do here at Netwise Hosting, a set of new payment gateways have been opened in an active effort to provide clients with the widest possible range of payment options available.
Further to this, we now fully accept direct bank transfers (BACS). This allows money to be transfered directly into our payments account, without the need to use any online payment handlers. Payment can be made in this fashion through your online banking system, or in person at your local bank. Many customers prefer this direct approach to monetary transactions, as they have a deeper connection to the tranfer process. This is as close to paying cash as you can get on the web.
As is the case when handling nation-wide income during a recession, VAT, taxation and interest rates enter a ‘limbo-like’ pattern of dips and rises in an attempt to balance the books. The UK has seen a fair degree of change over the past couple of years, with VAT falling from the long-standing 17.5% down to 15%, and back up to 17.5% again shortly after. This was intended to boost public spending in an attempt to climb out of the economic slump; a tactic positioned to deal with the problem of recession head on. Interest rates fell to a Bank of England base rate set at 0.5%, which limited the potential gain on saving money, further promoting widespread spending (as well as working towards the protection of a weak banking system).