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From Times of India, thus the comparison with India's capabilities.
Japanese researchers have achieved a groundbreking internet speed of 1.02 petabits per second, creating a new world record that is 3.5 million times faster than the average US internet connection an astounding 16 million times faster than India's average speed of 63.55 Mbps. T
he record-setting achievement was accomplished by Japan's National institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) working with Sumitomo Electric and European partners.
Their innovative 19-core optical fiber cable transmitted data at unprecedened speeds over 1,808 kilometers, roughly equivalnent to the distance from London to Rome.
To put this speed in perspective, the new technology could theoretically download the entire Netflix library in under one second or massive 150GB video games like Warzone in the blink of an eye.
The average US broadband speed of 290 Mbps pales in compares to the 1,020,000,000 Mbps achieve in this test.
19-core cable creates a data superhighway.
The breakthrough lies in the cable's design: instead of using a single light path, the fiber squeezes 19 separate cores into the same standard diameter as existing cables.
This creates what researchers describe as a "10-lane superhighway" for data transmission while maintaining compatibility with current infrastructure.
