Fastest Internet Speed In the World in 2020 – Record-Breaking

If you are born in the ’70s or ’80s, you remember the Internet speed during that time was in few Kilo Bits Per Second (Kbps). Later with advanced technologies, we were able to achieve speed in Mega Bits Per Second (Mbps) on Giga Bits Per Second (Gbps). But do you know that researchers in Australia achieved 44.2 Terabits Per Second (Tbps), the fastest Internet speed in the world?

The research team led by Dr. Bill Corcoran (Monash), Prof. Arnan Mitchell (RMIT), and Prof. David Moss (Swinburne) were able to achieve a data speed of 44.2 Terabits per second (Tbps). They tested the transmission on 76.6 kilometers of optical fibers between RMIT’s Melbourne City Campus and Monash University’s Clayton Campus. It is also worth mentioning that they did this using existing communication infrastructure.

At this speed, one can download more than 1000 High Definition (HD) videos in less than a second. This makes it the fastest Internet speed available right now. Sounds amazing! It is not limited to downloading files, watching movies on NetFlix, but this high-speed internet can be used for self-driving connected cars. This will be going to help each sector whether it is Education, Medicine, or any other,

To get the fastest Internet speed in the world, the research team created their device. They explained that the device replaces 80 lasers with one single piece of equipment, known as micro-comb. This makes the device smaller and lighter than existing telecommunication hardware. The micro-comb was planted and tested outside the laboratory using existing infrastructure. If you are interested to know what micro-comb is and how it works, check this article at Nature Communications. Copyright secured by Poora Gyaan