Japan Just Smashed the Internet Speed Record to Absolute Bits

[Allan]

Japanese scientists were able to download the entirety of Netflix (more than 2,300 TV series and 4,300 movies) in less than one second.

You thought your gigabit service was good? Try 1.2 petabits.

In 2024, scientists at Aston University in the U.K successfully achieved 402 terabits per second internet speed, which is roughly 1.6 million times faster than typical home broadband. Now, a new team of scientists led by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan have absolutely shattered that record by achieving a transmit speed of 1.02 petabits of data—about 4 million times faster than home internet—over a distance over 1,800 kilometers. NICT previously achieved even faster speeds (1.7 petabits) but only transmitted over 63 kilometers.

Japan Just Smashed the Internet Speed Record to Absolute Bits

You thought your gigabit service was good? Try 1.2 petabits.

www.popularmechanics.com

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

Japanese scientists were able to download the entirety of Netflix (more than 2,300 TV series and 4,300 movies) in less than one second.

Japan Just Smashed the Internet Speed Record to Absolute Bits

You thought your gigabit service was good? Try 1.2 petabits.

www.popularmechanics.com

Read this the other day. Pretty crazy, and done over present fiber tech in use.

 

[Helix]

Don't tell my kids.

 

[Binary_Digit]

Japanese scientists were able to download the entirety of Netflix (more than 2,300 TV series and 4,300 movies) in less than one second.

Japan Just Smashed the Internet Speed Record to Absolute Bits

You thought your gigabit service was good? Try 1.2 petabits.

www.popularmechanics.com

The only thing more impressive about these types of advancements in hardware, is the ability of software devs to use it all up and still ask for more lol.

 

[Allan]

The only thing more impressive about these types of advancements in hardware, is the ability of software devs to use it all up and still ask for more lol.

As Tim Taylor used to say: "MORE POWER!!!!".

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

The only thing more impressive about these types of advancements in hardware, is the ability of software devs to use it all up and still ask for more lol.

Did someone use and abuse you in the past, being a binary digit?...

 

[Binary_Digit]

Did someone use and abuse you in the past, being a binary digit?...

They're always trying to shift my bits!

 

[Allan]

They're always trying to shift my bits!

First they want you on, then they want you off. I don't know how you stand it!

 

[Peacenik]

The only thing more impressive about these types of advancements in hardware, is the ability of software devs to use it all up and still ask for more lol.

I think it's pretty impressive how big greedy American internet providers can get so much money out of us for such pathetic service.

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

I think it's pretty impressive how big greedy American internet providers can get so much money out of us for such pathetic service.

Just think of how much they'll charge for those advertised petabit speeds that you'll never actually hit and don't even need.