Japanese researchers achieved an internet transmission speed so fast that it sounds almost impossible.

Japanese researchers achieved an internet transmission speed so fast that it sounds almost impossible.

 

Scientists at Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology transmitted data at 1.02 petabits per second through more than 1,800 kilometers of optical fiber.

 

That is over one million gigabits per second.

 

At speeds like that, an enormous streaming library containing countless movies and TV shows could theoretically be transferred in just seconds.

 

The achievement was made possible using a specially designed 19-core optical fiber that is roughly the same diameter as fiber already used in existing networks.

 

That is important because it means future upgrades may not require completely rebuilding every cable system from scratch.

 

There is one big catch.

 

This was an experimental research setup, not the kind of internet connection you can order for your house.

 

Still, the test shows just how much faster future networks could eventually become.

 

We have gone from waiting minutes for a single webpage to experimenting with speeds capable of moving unimaginable amounts of data almost instantly.