SlashGear JP
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]
5 Responses to “World’s fastest data transfer – 25.6TB per second”
Bruce Anderson March 30, 2007
“Three tenths of a second to download the new episode of the Simpsons? Aw, but I wanna watch it NOOOOOW!”
+3Richie April 2, 2007
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?
+1Chris Scott Barr April 2, 2007
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.
-1swatmajor1 January 12, 2008
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.
-1Jurgen Van Erps May 9, 2008
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.
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