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Bell Labs Break Record With 31Tbps Via a Single 7200km Optical Fibre

Posted by timothy on from the faster-than-a-speeding-bullet dept.

Mark.JUK writes "Alcatel-Lucent's research and development division, Bell Labs, has successfully broken yet another record after it used 155 lasers (each operating at different frequencies and carrying 200Gbps of data over a 50GHz frequency grid) and an enhanced version of Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) to send information at a staggering speed of 31 Terabits per second over a single 7200km long optical fibre cable. Previous experiments have been faster but only over shorter distances or by using a different type of fibre optic cable entirely."

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  1. Too bad by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad the bandwidth cap is only 1 GB per month.

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  2. obligatory NSA tie-in by NikeHerc · · Score: 5, Funny

    This was likely at the request of the NSA so they could download all our traffic quicker.

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