What's new

Internet download speed hits 1,83,501MBps in test

vicky sen

FULL MEMBER
Joined
Sep 2, 2013
Messages
1,068
Reaction score
2
Country
India
Location
India
LONDON: In a breakthrough, scientists in the UK have achieved the "fastest ever" broadband speeds of 1.4 terabits per second - enough to transmit 44 high-definition movies at once.

The joint test by British Telecom (BT) and French networking equipment company Alcatel-Lucent achieved the high speeds of 1.4 terabits per second, or 1,83,501MBps, on the existing fibre network in London.

The breakthrough is being seen as highly important for internet service providers (ISPs), as it means a greater amount of information can be sent through existing broadband infrastructure, reducing the need for costly upgrades.

There are faster methods of transmitting data - such as the use of complex laser technology - but this is the first test to achieve such high speeds in "real world" conditions, outside testing labs, 'BBC News' reported.

The test was conducted in October and November last year, on a line from BT Tower in central London and the company's research campus near Ipswich.

Kevin Drury, optical marketing leader at Alcatel-Lucent, likened the development to reducing space between lanes on a busy motorway, enabling more lanes of traffic to flow through the same area.

He said flexibility meant some could be adapted to specific needs - like opening an extra lane during the morning rush hour.

In internet terms, this would mean, for example, streaming video would get a large, wide lane, while accessing standard web pages would need only a small part of the fibre's capacity.

Internet download speed hits 1,83,501MBps in test - The Times of India
 
Last edited:
. .
Back in 1998 when I first had internet on a 56k modem 5kb per second was decent download speed. Even if 1.4 tb per second is downloaded, how can the hard drive write speed keep up?
I think im kinda getting old, technology is moving so fast but im still comfortable with my current 250 kb per second.
 
.
Back in 1998 when I first had internet on a 56k modem 5kb per second was decent download speed. Even if 1.4 tb per second is downloaded, how can the hard drive write speed keep up?
I think im kinda getting old, technology is moving so fast but im still comfortable with my current 250 kb per second.
even the hard drives speeds are amazing these days. You are expected to see further improvement in the near future.

From old Hard Drives to SSD was a major change in the hard drive industry. Use Macbook Pro with Retina display version and test the hard drive speed. You might be surprised if you didn't know that already...
 
.
even the hard drives speeds are amazing these days. You are expected to see further improvement in the near future.

From old Hard Drives to SSD was a major change in the hard drive industry. Use Macbook Pro with Retina display version and test the hard drive speed. You might be surprised if you didn't know that already...

I am actually running my current system on a Samsung 840 pro ssd 128 gb. Its fast but no where near the 1.4 tb per sec speed. Also for the price the storage capacity is miniscule and its a chore to constantly transfer files out into my 'f' drive which is a conventional hard drive. I think that ssd's will not be a true replacement for rotating disk drives until its price per gb comes down drastically.
 
.
Next time you think of something and get a "open/save file" window on your screen :lol:
 
.

Pakistan Affairs Latest Posts

Back
Top Bottom