Friday, Mar 30th 2007 by Chris Scott Barr
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Just how much data can you possibly transmit in a single second? Well if you’re Alcatel/Lucent you can squeeze 25.6TB over a strand of fiber strand in just one second.
This now makes them king of speed. The previous record was a mere 14TB/s. I bet compared to the new speed, transferring data at 14TB/s must feel like dial-up internet.
I wouldn’t know what to do with that kind of bandwidth. I thought I had a ton of files, but I don’t even have 2TB worth of data, let alone 25.6. I suppose with that speed you could download the Internet in it’s entirety. Yup, the whole thing.
World Record Transfer Speed Set: 25.6TB per Second [via gizmodo]
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What would you even do with 14TB? I wish I had that before downloading music became “illegal” Just log into Napster and in a couple seconds you have completed downloading absolutely everyones music from around the entire world. And what I really want to know is if they can make a 25.6tb wire, how come my “high-speed” dsl bills are still 40 bucks? How does that work out?
40 bucks for dsl? Ouch, thankfully in my area I can get it for about $15. I agree though, while incredible speeds like that are great, I think that time would be better spent finding ways to connect more people at lower prices.
The high speed should help male the speeds consumers have higher, but what takes 1 year in research will take 5-10 years on the market. Many of us probably won’t even have half this speed for many years to come.
Don’t start dreaming here. Achieving these transmission rates requires extremely expensive DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) equipment. Even if FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) is really booming nowadays, you should expect something in the range of 155Mb/s in a first instance when the fiber actually reaches your home. The great thing about optical fiber technology is its scalability towards higher speeds in the future.