Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Deutsche Telekom tests 512Gbps fiber optic network in Germany, breaks record in the process

Deutsche Telekom tests 512Gbps fiber optic network in Germany, breaks record in the process

If you thought Google's Kansan stab at blistering gigabit speeds was lust-worthy, then this latest fiber feat out of Germany should have you flooding the room with drool. Part of Deutsche Telekom's OSIRIS (Optically Supported UP Router Interfaces) project, the telco's T-Labs team managed to successfully transfer data “over a single optical fiber wavelength channel” from Berlin to Hanover and back at speeds of up to 512Gbps — that's over half a terabit.

2DayBlog.com, Deutsche Telekom tests 512Gbps fiber optic network in Germany, breaks record in the process