Scientists achieve new record: 402 terabits per second internet speed
8:11 AM EDT, July 2, 2024
An international team of scientists has broken the data transfer speed record, achieving a speed of 402 terabits per second. This is 100 million times faster than the speed needed for comfortable content streaming.
Led by experts from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Japan, the team consisted of scientists from various parts of the world. This group of researchers shattered their previous record of 301 terabits per second.
Earlier this year, the same team set a data transfer speed record using a single optical fiber, reaching 301 terabits per second. Now, with a single commercially available optical fiber, they have achieved a speed of 402 terabits per second.
100 million times faster than we need daily
Scientists emphasize the impressiveness of this speed, particularly when compared to Netflix's recommended minimum of 3 Mbps for watching high-definition videos. The speed achieved by the scientists is 100 million times faster.
The researchers accomplished this high data transfer speed by utilizing several innovative solutions, including increasing the number of frequencies used for data transmission from four to six.
The research aims to enhance internet performance to meet the growing demands of businesses and individual users.
Ian Philips, a member of the research team from Aston University in the United Kingdom, highlights that their results will help increase the bandwidth of single optical fibers, contributing to the development of a faster system. Philips hopes this new technology will significantly enhance data transmission capabilities in the optical infrastructure, especially given the rapidly increasing demand.
Professor Wladek Forysiak, also from Aston University, adds that this groundbreaking experiment was made possible through the efforts of the international team and the latest advancements in telecommunications research laboratories worldwide.
