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JAPAN SETS A NEW INTERNET SPEED RECORD
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Researchers in Japan say they have set a new world record for the fastest internet speed, transmitting over 125,000 gigabytes of data per second over 1,120 miles. That's about 4 million times the average internet speed in the US. This is also more than twice the previous world record of 50,250 gigabytes per second, set by a different team of scientists in 2024. To achieve this new speed, which has not been independently verified, the team developed a new form of optical fibre to send information over roughly the distance between New York and Florida.
The new type of optical fibre is equivalent to 19 standard optical fibres in its data transmission capacity. It's better suited to long-haul transmission than existing cables because the centres of a
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