Japan Breaks Internet Speed World Record; Check out the Highest Speed Here

Jul. 25, 2021

As we gradually move towards a digital society with advancements in modern, internet-based technologies, the need for highinternet speedsis becoming more important than ever. While companies like Facebook aretrying to bring high-speed internet to all areas with the help of robots, Japan recently broke the world record for the highest internet speed ever recorded.

Japan’s 4-Core Optical Fiber Network

Researchers at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan have developed a new 4-core optical fiber thatdelivered internet speeds of up to a whopping 319 terabytes per second (Tbps). Yeah, it is almost double the previous record of 178 Tbps, which was reportedly recorded in August last year.

The researchers releaseda press noteto demonstrate their achievement recently. So, as per the press release,“NICT has built a long-distance transmission system around a 4-core optical fiber with a standard cladding diameter to exploit wider transmission bandwidth.”The researchers upgraded the fiber optic line with four cores. A standard internet cable, for those unaware, uses a single-core system.

Now, for those wondering what could internet speeds that high enable you to do, let me give you a brief idea. AsEngadgetnotes, you candownload more than 7,000 high-definition movies in just one secondwith 319 Tbps of internet speed. So, as you can imagine, with such high-speed internet, you can download all the movies onNetflix’s library, which contains approximately 3,781moviesaccording toRealGood, in less than a second.

However, the researchers did not develop the 4-core optical fiber to let you download entire libraries of movies and TV shows. They note that the high-speed internet network is developed for transferring huge amounts of relevant data across long distances.

Moreover, the researchers also mention that the 4-core optical fiber system needs more refinements before being deployed to the real world. Plus, developing such a network on a large scale can become pretty expensive. However, the good news is that thenew 4-core lines can fit within “standard cladding”,which essentially means that it can be supported by the existing infrastructure.

So, going forward, the researchers will continue to work on the new system. Nonetheless, it would be sometime before we see such high-internet speeds become standard in the real world. And when that day comes, you would be able to download all the movies, TV series, and games in no time.

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