Japanese researchers achieved an incredible speed of 1.02 petabits per second (Pbps). To understand how fast this is – imagine downloading a 100 GB file in just a thousandth of a second.
Experts revealed that at this speed, all of Netflix’s content could be downloaded in a single second. To put it in perspective, it is 4 million times faster than the average internet speed currently available in the US.
This record was set by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communication Technology (NICT) in collaboration with Sumitomo Electric and European researchers.
The experiment used 19 optical loops, each stretching 86.1 kilometers, repeated 21 times, making the signals travel a total of 1,808 kilometers. During the process, 180 separate data streams were transmitted, reaching a record-breaking transfer of 1.86 exabits per kilometer per second.
The key aim of this experiment was to prove that even with existing fiber-optic infrastructure, ultra-high-speed internet over long distances is possible.
This breakthrough lays the foundation for future internet systems that can handle massive amounts of data without slowing down, pushing the world into a new era of digital progress.
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Japan’s new world record is not just about speed—it’s about the future of connectivity. As global data consumption skyrockets, this experiment proves that our current fiber-optic systems can be pushed to unimaginable limits.
With speeds capable of downloading massive files in fractions of a second, the achievement sets the stage for the next generation of digital transformation, enabling advanced AI, streaming, research, and global communications at lightning pace.
