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Data speed record broken

By Derek Sooman

On March 27, 2006, 6:16 PM

The world record for data transmission has been broken by a research team from Germany and Japan, who have been successful in sending a signal at 2.56 terabits per second, utilising a 160km fibre optic link. Techs from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications in Berlin and from Fujitsu in Japan doubled the previous benchmark of 1.28Tbps. The rate of 2.56 terabits per second is more than 50 times faster than the fastest commercial broadband connections available today. Now when is it getting installed in my home?

"Faster data rates are hugely important for tomorrow's telecommunications," explained Professor Hans-Georg Weber from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, who led the research. Weber said the high performance systems the researchers are developing will be needed once the growth in internet traffic pushes up the necessary speed of back haul links into the terabit range.

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  1. March 27, 2006 7:00 PM
    jtickner1 said:
    fuckn hell
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  2. March 27, 2006 8:02 PM
    crossfire851 said:
    *Mouth drops*
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  3. March 27, 2006 8:36 PM
    nimo333 said:
    I want this speed to download the whole world wide web.
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  4. March 27, 2006 8:51 PM
    DragonMaster said:
    [quote]Now when is it getting installed in my home? [/quote]Me too! Would need a computer able to handle it tho...[quote] I want this speed to download the whole world wide web.[/quote]Need LOTS of storage! Maybe on Google's infinite space drives?
    Reply

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