FLORIDA: Now you don’t need to waste your time on long buffering videos and slow downloads as an internet network has come up with the superfast speeds that could download a file in just 0.03 milliseconds. By comparison, the blink of an eye takes 300 milliseconds.
The advanced technology uses fibre with seven different cores to transfer 255 terabits of data every second. And to put this into perspective, the average web speed globally is only a meagre 3.9Mbps.
The breakthrough was achieved by researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Central Florida (CREOL).
Their new fibre has seven different cores through which the light can travel, instead of the single core typically used in current state-of-the-art fibre networks. Put simply, it’s the equivalent of sending thousands of cars down a seven-lane highway, compared to a single-track road.
The researchers also introduced two additional so-called ‘orthogonal dimensions’ – the equivalent of driving three cars on top of one another in the same lane. By combining these methods, the network topped out at 255Tbps.
Lead researcher, Dr Chigo Okonkwo said: ‘At less than 200 microns in diameter, this fibre does not take noticeably more space than conventional fibres already deployed.
