University College of London Sets World Record For The Fastest Internet of 178,000 Gbps of Internet Speed which you can download entire Netflix content within one second.The project was carried out by the Royal Academy of Engineering Researcher Dr. Lidia Galdino and Xtera and Kiddi Research.
In a statement, Dr. Galdino said, “Independent of the COVID-19 crisis, internet traffic has increased exponentially over the last 10 years and this whole growth in data demand is related to the cost per bit going down. The development of new technologies is crucial to maintaining this trend towards lower costs while meeting future data rate demands that will continue to increase, with as yet unthought-of applications that will transform people’s lives.”
How they Achived 178,000 Gbps Speed?
The ULC researchers applied the higher range of wavelength by replacing the standard fibre optics ones and they also used modern amplifier technology to expand the signal range and massively amplifying it simultaneously.
A bandwidth of 4.5THz has been used by the infrastructure. Also, 90 THz commercial bandwidth has been detected in some markets. However, a 16.8 THz bandwidth has been employed by this super-fast internet in order to achieve the 178 terabit speed
As for the cost of the system, the University College of London suggests that this would not be as expensive as fibre optic cables. As per the UCL, upgrading amplifiers only costs a fraction of the cost that is born to install new fibre optic cables.
