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New Data Transmission Record — 14 Tbps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-140-hi-def-movies dept.

deejne writes to alert us to a new bandwidth record: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has announced data transmission at a rate of 14 terabits per second over a single optical fiber. The paper claims the previous record was "about 10 Tbps." In the new experiment, NTT sent data over 160 kilometers (nearly 100 miles) of optical fiber, in 140 channels of 111 Gbps each.

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  1. Re:Time for a Math Lesson. oops correction.. by tempest69 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    or a 70 MPH trip this adjusts to 2.25 Million DVD's or 225,000 (100 disk spindles) Each Spindle Weighs 4Lbs
    I missed by an order of magnitude here... 2.25 M /100 = 22,500 so this moves it down to a 45 ton cargo . Which isnt even close to the heaviest load on the road.

    So while the new line isnt quite nothing compared to a truck, a truck can move more data 100 miles faster than the new link.

    Storm