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Chapter 1526: Chapter 1369: A Showdown (Subscribe please!)
Food and drink available.
And the Internet too.
Those who originally planned to sleep through the flight immediately lost their drowsiness as they took out their switched-off mobile phones, their faces breaking into smiles when they saw they automatically connected to Wi-Fi.
In the past.
Mobile phones could only make calls.
Functionality was minimal.
But the emergence of ’Epoch’ completely transformed their way of life, a gateway to the Information Age that was simply irresistible, their dependency on it growing stronger and stronger.
Chatting.
Binge-watching TV series.
Social interaction.
Gaming.
Studying.
Scrolling through updates.
Things that were once impossible or poorly experienced on mobile phones were enhanced and satisfied on ’Epoch’, with a variety of categorized content and interesting apps for everyone.
Scary.
Where did the time go?
---To the mobile phone.
...
With the Internet available, the photographer felt a bit lost for a moment; the cache in his tablet was all prepared for offline use, but now that he had access to the Internet, he felt like it would be a waste not to use it.
Quite strange.
In the end.
He decided to watch a movie he hadn’t downloaded.
He opened the Comet Video app, entered the movie section, and the vast library of copyrighted works on Comet Video meant they were never short of things to watch, as new movies were added to the interface every day.
Of course.
Only members could watch them.
At first.
Many scoffed at the idea, saying, "I’ve been watching for free all these years, and now you’re telling me I need a membership? Fine, if I have to, I’ll just download from somewhere else. No need to watch it here, right?"
However.
Gradually.
As Comet Video introduced a variety of rich original and third-party content, things changed significantly. Unlike mass-circulated movie and TV show sources on the Internet.
These were originally produced content.
Updated very quickly.
If you really liked it and wanted to keep up, you had to be a member. And because it was original content, the Comet Group could legally take pirate websites that distributed their content to court.
After a few cases were made.
There weren’t any websites daring to infringe anymore.
Of course.
Privately.
The Group didn’t care about personal sharing that wasn’t profit-driven, focusing only on targeting websites that wanted to profit from it. This approach won the support of all video providers because their income came from views on the platform.
...
Inside the cabin.
The photographer snacked while watching "Transformers," which had premiered in the middle of last year in the United States, and after more than half a year, it finally landed on Comet Video.
He had actually seen this movie before.
But he couldn’t resist clicking on it again.
Last year.
The global movie market was exceptionally lively.
"Transformers"
"Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End"
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
"I Am Legend"
"Spider-Man 3"
"Iron Man"
"Hancock"
"WALL-E"
A slew of sci-fi movies were released, many specifically chosen to compete with "Civilization" during its release window, hoping to measure up, but unfortunately, they could only end up as supporting acts, trampled by "Civilization".
The scene.
Tsk tsk.
Truly heartbreaking for the viewers.
I heard that this year, the United States movie industry has invested a huge amount of financial strength and determination to compete with Comet Group. Think of many movies releasing sequels; it makes me quite happy.
Undeniably.
"Civilization" is a delicious dish.
But.
Street snacks have their unique flavor too.
Suddenly.
He was watching a movie.
Suddenly, a question popped up in his mind.
How fast is the Internet here?
To test it out, he casually clicked on a video to buffer.
Hmm?
The photographer’s eyes widened.
Thought he saw it wrong.
He then opened a well-known Network Speed Test Software.
A dozen seconds later.
"Heavens!"
Upon seeing the test results, he couldn’t help but exclaim. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
"What happened?"
The people around were startled, thinking something had been broken. This was the chairman’s ride, worth several hundred million RMB; even a cushion might be equivalent to their month’s wages.
The photographer quickly turned the tablet around.
"Look at this."
Kuang Mao leaned in, saw the results, and his eyes also widened.
"100M." Kuang Mao said in surprise.
"How is that possible?"
"For real?"
"Honestly."
"Unbelievable."
"..."
It took a while.
They finally accepted the fact and marveled at their boss’s wealth. Such Internet speed, it’s not like leasing a satellite; it’s more like monopolizing one, extremely luxurious.
"This is the stratosphere; there is no interference from the various atmospheric and environmental factors, obstacles, complex electromagnetic waves, etc., that you get below, which allows for such speed," another photographer analyzed.
The photographer thought about it.
Shook his head.
"But still, data needs to be transmitted from the ground to the satellite and then to the airplane. It has to pass through the troposphere, so there is still interference from the complex environment."
"Are you stupid?" retorted the other.
"What do you mean?"
"As the ground relay for the satellite, transmitting Internet data up to the sky, erm... how should I put it, it’s like the city’s water supply, you’ve got to pump up the pressure," said someone, none of them professionals, just making casual guesses.
Listening to this explanation,
everyone else found it reasonable.
If they were the users, and the water was the data, without increasing the pressure, how would the users in high-rise buildings get it?
"I see."
"Understood."
"Makes sense."
"...I have a feeling you’re just bluffing."
"..."
Right or wrong, at least it was an explanation.
"Internet speed so fast, it must have cost a lot of money," he quickly changed the subject.
"Let me try the computer... Wow, also the maximum." The speed test software tested a range, and although the current Internet speed only showed a little over ten, as long as it was over ten, it meant a hundred megabits.
And his computer’s hundred megabit network card.
Could only support so much speed. In the domestic market, having ten megabits broadband used to be good, and even in the 4G era when speeds soared, home devices hardly ever reached the limits of network cards.
But here.
It directly hit the wireless network card’s limit.
It’s just a pity.
They don’t have digital devices with gigabit network cards right now, otherwise they’d all feel the urge to test it out.
Then,
the photographer started showing off on Moments.
"Bullshit, there’s a signal on the airplane?"
"Don’t believe it, ditto."
"Fake, it’s like saying nobody else can Photoshop, I could Photoshop an Astronomical Number for you."
"..."
Many reactions in Moments.
With novelty, in just one minute there were over a dozen replies; no one believed it, it’s not like they hadn’t been on a plane before—my mobile phone isn’t even allowed to be on, yet you’re telling me you’re using a hundred megabit Internet speed?
You’re joking!
The photographer was frustrated.
He was just about to bring up Tang Qing.
"Xiao Liu, don’t reply," Kuang Mao stopped him in time.
"What’s wrong?"
The photographer was puzzled.
"If you reply, it will be taken as leaking the chairman’s itinerary. The company might not care, but in your personal report, you’ll definitely be tagged as loose-lipped and boastful, don’t cause yourself trouble."
