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Groundbreaking optical fiber blazes new data transmission speed record

Researchers used an optical fiber containing a groundbreaking 19 cores that each carry a signal to transmit data at 1.7 petabits per second!

Speed record shattered for data transmission over standard optical fiber

It’s been estimated that the entire global internet bandwidth comes to just under 1 Pbit/s, meaning this fiber could handle all of it with room to spare