World's fastest internet connection: Researchers say they hit 44.2 Tbps.

World's fastest internet connection: Researchers say they hit 44.2 Tbps


Internet is never fast enough, but a group of researchers from the Monash, Swinburne, and RMIT universities in Australia have reached speeds that would sate even the hungriest of data geeks.

In a new paper published in Nature Communications (via The Verge), the researchers describe how they managed to hit speeds of 44.2 Tbps (terabits per second), a new world record.

Impressively, they've done this using standard optic fiber, both in the laboratory and on an actual network in the greater metropolitan area of Melbourne, Australia. The 44.2 Tbps result was for a raw bitrate; for a coded rate and in the field, this speed fell down to 39 Tbps, which is still very respectable.

To achieve these speeds, the researchers used "soliton crystal micro-combs," which are "optical frequency combs generated by integrated micro-cavity resonators." Yes, it's one of those technologies that sounds increasingly complicated the more you read about them; suffice to say that these researchers have managed to use the micro-combs to increase data transfer speeds in "demanding and practical optical communications networks."

"This work demonstrates their ability to support ultrahigh bandwidth data transmission in practical and demanding environments," the researchers conclude.


For an idea of just how fast these speeds are, here's a quick comparison: 44.2 terabits per second equals 5.525 terabytes per second. In late 2019, Pornhub said it hosts 11 petabytes of data, which is 11,000 terabytes. At these internet speeds, a person would be able to download all the videos on Pornhub in roughly 1991 seconds, or 33.2 minutes.

Unfortunately, end users won't be seeing these speeds anytime soon; this tech is still being researched, and if it gets commercialized, it would likely first be used to connect data centers. But hey, a person can dream.

Comments

  1. As I type this I'm struggling on an overhead line and high winds with a max speed of 0.06MBS 😑

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  2. “Standard” optical fiber? Using non-dispersing soliton wave shapes in a non-polarization maintaining fiber will result in polarization mode dispersion which will degrade the soliton wave shape. I suspect that this technique is interesting but maybe not practical...

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  3. I see the construction recently install the fiber optic underground on the public street for the high fast internet whole nationwide state and international too.

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  4. Great example used to illustrate the speed! 😂

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  5. Yet my Netflix still friggin’ freezes.

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    1. Well, the problem is either the server is overloaded or your internet sucks lol

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    2. Xfinity, and in a smaller city... so yeah.

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    3. South Korea here gets you average 500mbps. To max 10gbps. For average citizens.
      Unlimited data starting at 20usd(?) Per month to max 80usd lmao

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  6. so does this mean I can watch a movie in 2 seconds?

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  7. BTW it's not the fastest one. Japan was able to send 1PB information within 1sec.

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  8. Gta 5 online still won't connect fast.

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  9. You are just thinking of it. He already downloaded it...

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  10. We still at kbps...

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  11. Important, important...

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  12. Now thats fast! ;P

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  13. "For an idea of just how fast these speeds are, here's a quick comparison: 44.2 terabits per second equals 5.525 terabytes per second. In late 2019, Pornhub said it hosts 11 petabytes of data, which is 11,000 terabytes.
    At these internet speeds, a person would be able to download all the videos on Pornhub in roughly 1991 seconds, or 33.2 minutes."

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  14. Zoom will still stutter

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  15. We can only keep dreaming...

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  16. Meanwhile, in the Philippines...

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  17. Nicely timed, I refer you to my previous post....

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  18. In my mind's eye...
    Inernet of things now a reality...

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  19. :O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O

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  20. But we ,sri lankans could get 50gb day and 70gb night.

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    1. Machan don’t forget bonus 10%

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    2. Ammatahudu owww. :D

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  21. You are just thinking of it. He already downloaded it...

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