Japan: Internet speed is so fast that it can download all of Netflix in 1 second
It’s not only about the railway system, leading airports, and earthquake-resistant structures. Japan has claimed another significant achievement in its technological infrastructure – it now boasts the world’s fastest internet speed.
Researchers have managed to reach an astounding internet speed of 1.02 petabits per second. To give you an idea of how fast that is, it’s enough to download the entire Netflix library in a fraction of a second.
To provide further perspective, Japan’s internet speed for browsing and downloading is 16 million times faster than the average internet speed in India, which stands at 63.55 Mbps. It’s also 3.5 million times faster than the average speed in the United States. These figures come from a report by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).
This remarkable technological advancement was made possible by the team at NICT’s Photonic Networks Laboratory, in partnership with Sumitomo Electric and various European collaborators.
The world’s fastest network has been unveiled, capable of transmitting data over great distances at an astonishing speed of 1,808 kilometers per second. This feat is achieved through the use of a specialized fibre-optic cable with 19 cores.
With this new internet speed, it’s estimated that one could download the entire English Wikipedia 10,000 times in just one second.
As Gagadget reports, the English Wikipedia takes up about 100GB of space. Moreover, this new network speed could allow for the downloading of 8K videos in a mere second.
The fibre-optic cable used is the same size as those currently employed within today’s internet infrastructure, measuring just 0.125 mm in thickness. The total volume of data transferred over this distance reached a staggering 1.86 exabits per second over kilometers, setting a new world record. This achievement demonstrates that this ultra-fast network can operate over existing cables, according to the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).
Sumitomo Electric designed the fiber optic cable, while NICT, in collaboration with an international team, developed the transmission system.
The NICT researchers utilized transmitters, receivers, and 19 loop circuits, each spanning 86.1 kilometers. The signals traversed these loops 21 times, covering a total distance of 1,808 kilometers and carrying 180 data streams at record-breaking speed and distance.
