The researchers at Aston University have achieved the internet’s data transmission speed, which is a staggering 4.5 million times faster than average home broadband. This unprecedented rate is the fastest ever recorded, achieved by utilizing specific new wavelength bands that have not been previously used in fiber optic systems. As part of an international collaboration, the team transferred data at a rate of 301 terabits per second, or 301,000,000 megabits per second, using a single, standard optical fiber. The successful transmission of data was the result of the collaborative efforts of Professor Wladek Forysiak from the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies and Dr. Ian Phillips. They worked in conjunction with researchers from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan and Nokia Bell Labs in the U.S.
The researchers at Aston University have achieved the internet’s data transmission speed, which is a staggering 4.5 million times faster than average home broadband. This unprecedented rate is the fastest ever recorded, achieved by utilizing specific new wavelength bands that have not been previously used in fiber optic systems. As part of an international collaboration, the team transferred data at a rate of 301 terabits per second, or 301,000,000 megabits per second, using a single, standard optical fiber. The successful transmission of data was the result of the collaborative efforts of Professor Wladek Forysiak from the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies and Dr. Ian Phillips. They worked in conjunction with researchers from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan and Nokia Bell Labs in the U.S.