The highest ever internet traffic transfer speed!! 

Written By

Pallab Roy

1.8 Petabits per second data transfer!!

Why is this remarkable? 

1.8 Petabits per second is just double the current global internet traffic per second. 

What is your current home internet speed? 

May be a few hundred megabits to max 10 gigabits per second!! 

What is the highest internet speed currently existing on earth? 

It is NASA, they are upgrading to ESnet6.

1.8 Petabits per second is just20 times faster than ESnet6!

Who invented this technology? 

Chalmers University of Technology. 

Group of researchers from….

Technical University of Denmark.

In an experiment the researchers could transfer 1.8Pbit over a 37- core , 7.9 KM long fiber. 

What is the experiment they have done?

What is next? 

The researchers believe this technology may even reach 100Pbits/Sec.