In July, German utility RWE flipped the switch on a 2-Mbit trial system.

I send about 120 Mbits per day.

I must be the only Telstra user at home in my area or something because i'm still pulling 100+mbits.

This is equivalent to roughly 20,000 2Mbits per second broadband lines - the average speed available to residential users.

That led to a peak of 300 requests per hour and on its peak day, the traffic went above 6 Mbits per second.

Instead, an atomic clock aboard each satellite regulates a 1.023-Mbit pseudo-random bit pattern that is superimposed on top of the satellite's data signal.

While gamers hold their breath for 64-bit systems, Nintendo has landed a wallop with its new Donkey Kong Country, a huge, 32-Mbit SNES cartridge.