The new service rolling out across the UK should give users a realistic peak speed of 10.8Mbps, says the company.

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Gogo's ATG-4 technology is capable of delivering a peak speed of 9.8 Mbps, triple the peak speed of 3.1 Mbps enabled by the previous air-to-ground network.

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The new antenna generates a signal 30 times stronger than on-chip rivals at an ultrawideband-grade 135GHz, and musters a theoretical peak speed of 20Gbps -- enough that 802.11ac WiFi's 1.3Gbps drags its heels by comparison.

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Tiger Woods at his peak was no speed demon.

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The problem with this strategy, however, is that Cisco end up paying top prices for Net Speed and Growth Networks acquired at the peak of the high-tech bubble.

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According to the report, performance testing among DSL, cable, fiber, and satellite showed 90 percent of ViaSat subscribers received 140 percent or better of the advertised speed of 12 Mbps (download speeds) during peak periods and 161 percent of advertised upload speeds.

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Clarke also offered a sneak peak at a new technology dubbed "Dell Latitude ON, " which promises the speed of a smart phone with a notebook's big screen and keyboard.

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