Japan achieves staggering 402 Tb/s data rate with commercial optical fiber — record-breaking performance tapped into unused wavelength bands

New record shows potential high data throughput with no upgrade for current fiber optic infrastructure

New record shows potential high data throughput with no upgrade for current fiber optic infrastructure

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When you need to download every show on Netflix, but don’t have much time
- 3.14 petabytes in the whole Netflix catalog
  
  x 1000 converts to TB
  
  / 402 TB per second
  
  = 7.81 seconds
  
  EDIT oh this is Tb, not TB, so
  
  x 8 to convert bit to Byte
  
  = 62.5 seconds
  
  62.5s?! Too slow
  
  Now find a disk that can keep up with those write speeds.
And I’m over here with 20Mb/s
- You really should get 200 meg
  
  Not everyone is that lucky. Some have to pay exorbitant prices for subpar service.

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