Researchers send data 4.5 million times faster than average home broadband

[starschool]

The team was able to transfer data at a rate of 301 terabits or 301,000,000 megabits per second, using a single optical fiber. That’s compared to Ofcom’s UK home broadband performance report published in September 2023, which stated that the average broadband speed is just 69.4 Mbit/s megabits per second.Professor Wladek Forysiak and Dr Ian Phillips from Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies were part of an international team that succeeded in transmitting data at a record-breaking speed. They collaborated with researchers from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan and Nokia Bell Labs in the USA to achieve this feat.

The researchers used optical fibers for data transmission, which are tiny glass tubes that use light to transmit information. Copper cables, which are commonly used for data transmission, cannot match the speed of optical fibers.

 

 

https://www.inceptivemind.com/researchers-send-data-4-5-million-times-faster-average-home-broadband/37024/

Edited April 1, 2024 by starschool

[XiJ]

When can I order from Openreach ?

[sigma]

With my 6MB line (on a good day), I'd be happy if Openreach could give me average home broadband speed.

[Oaktech]

When can I order from Openreach ?

 

probably about 2070-2100.

 

Put your name on the waiting list.