> The highest commercial internet speed anywhere in the world is currently in Singapore, where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps). what?
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Researchers achieve optical data transmission speed of 44.2 terabits per second
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#12> The highest commercial internet speed anywhere in the world is currently in Singapore, where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps). what?
Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.
Yes, but this is average across the country. Singapore has a rather unfair advantage of being a city state.
Re: Researchers achieve optical data transmission speed of 44.2 terabits per second
#13> The highest commercial internet speed anywhere in the world is currently in Singapore, where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps). what?
Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.
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#14> The highest commercial internet speed anywhere in the world is currently in Singapore, where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps). what?
Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.
In Sweden we have 10Gbe consumer Internet for $40/month
Re: Researchers achieve optical data transmission speed of 44.2 terabits per second
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.
Yes, but this is average across the country. Singapore has a rather unfair advantage of being a city state.
It’s still better than any metro area in the US.
The average speed in NYC is 18.2 mbps.
Re: Researchers achieve optical data transmission speed of 44.2 terabits per second
#16Wasn't the last record (2014) of 255TBs? https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/192929-255tbps-worlds-fa...
That was over 1km utilising 7 cores. Typical fibre plants use one core per direction (transmit / receive).
This is over 75km utilising a single core per direction. IE this is actually something that has potential to be deployed in the world without having to replace all the existing fibre plants that already exist (eg undersea cables)
Re: Researchers achieve optical data transmission speed of 44.2 terabits per second
#17> The highest commercial internet speed anywhere in the world is currently in Singapore, where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps). what?
Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.
Average speed, not the top available. Singapore has 5,6m citizens and 75% of them have an Internet connection. So an average speed of 197Mbps is pretty impressive.
Re: Researchers achieve optical data transmission speed of 44.2 terabits per second
#18> The highest commercial internet speed anywhere in the world is currently in Singapore, where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps). what?
Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.
> where the average download speed is 197.3 megabits per second (mbps).
Average is the key word there. Higher speeds may be available but just not used by many people die to cost.
In New Zealand for example 95% of the population has access to gigabit (with 10 gigabit being tested in places) speeds but the average download speed is only around 50 mbps due to most people opting for slower/cheaper plans.
Re: Researchers achieve optical data transmission speed of 44.2 terabits per second
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, this confuses me. Gigabit is available in several places in North America. I had to check the date on the article.. posted 20 hours ago. Yep. Still confused.
Average speed, not the top available. Singapore has 5,6m citizens and 75% of them have an Internet connection. So an average speed of 197Mbps is pretty impressive.
When you ask about top of the averages, it becomes critically important at what scale you average and how you gerrymander. Given that Singapore is both a city and a country comparing it to either seems fair.
Re: Researchers achieve optical data transmission speed of 44.2 terabits per second
#20Wasn't the last record (2014) of 255TBs? https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/192929-255tbps-worlds-fa...
That was over 1km utilising 7 cores. Typical fibre plants use one core per direction (transmit / receive). This is over 75km utilising a single core per direction. IE this is actually something that has potential to be deployed in the world without having to replace all the existing fibre plants that already exist (eg undersea cables)
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