The Germans have made a 512 GBPS fiber optic network - Polidicks

[release] One thing about the exploding demand for broadband capacity is the way it encourages carriers to research new ways to cope — and Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is the latest to come through with a new solution for the capacity crunch. In a project grandly named OSIRIS (Optically Supported IP Router Interfaces), Telekom’s Berlin-based T-Labs team managed to get data pumping through a single optical fiber channel at a rate of 512 Gigabits per second. It was a real-world demo too, working over the 734km Berlin-Hannover-Berlin round-trip, Deutsche Telekom. The carrier put a slight dampener on things by pointing out that the usable per-channel bit-rate would only be 400 Gbps, but –- given that the maximum bit-rate in today’s state-of-the-art networks is a relatively measly 100 Gbps per channel -– that still represents a huge capacity boost. Bear in mind, too, that each fiber strand uses dozens of channels –- 48 in the case of the T-Labs system. So T-Labs’ new tech should mean a whopping 24.6 Tbps max throughput for each optical fiber. Bundle those fibers together and you get the kind of network a carrier would be looking for right now. Putting it into context, Telekom said that “a collection of 3,696 CDs could thus be transferred over a single optical fiber — a strand thinner than a human hair — at the same time” using the new technique. What comes next is a bit unclear. T-Labs says existing networks don’t need cable replacements to take advantage of the new speeds – they just need new terminal equipment. However, there’s no word yet on when Alcatel-Lucent and other kit-makers will start commercializing the new technology — but if providers like Deutsche Telekom want to join in the action, they will have to wait for this new equipment to appear before it’s possible.[/release] [url]http://gigaom.com/2012/03/05/512-gbps-deutsche-telekom-touts-speed-breakthrough/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29[/url] Gotta love em germans

Gigabits per second is Gbps or Gb/s. This is still cool though.

[QUOTE=Shrapnel :3;35023210]Gigabits per second is Gbps or Gb/s. This is still cool though.[/QUOTE] And converted to Byte it's 64 [B]Giga[I]byte[/I][/B]'s per second.

Alright Germany, we'll stop being such meanies to you, we're sorry, just share that with the rest of us!

Fast internet is always cool. The fastest we can get at our house is 1000 Mbit/s, but it costs a fortune.

0.3 Mbit/s here

Good thing Google plans to (eventually) bring fiber to every major city. Kansas City has it now.

germanbits/second

Awesome.

I could download my whole computer in less then a second.

But can I download a car on it?

Well, if Project Osiris goes nationwide, the Germans will be able to download (and upload) SO much porn.

[QUOTE=ironman17;35023555]Well, if Project Osiris goes nationwide, the Germans will be able to download (and upload) SO much porn.[/QUOTE] Not "that kind" of German porn I hope.

If I spoke German, I'd be booking a ferry ticket right now.

My HDD doesn't write that fast.

On the one hand its aliens and on the other hand its Germans.

meine gott!

Deutschland! Deutschland über alles! Über alles in der Welt... when it comes to broadband capacity...:v: [QUOTE=FuDy;35023366]0.3 Mbit/s here[/QUOTE] Untermensch.

Heil five to our technology.

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;35023798]Deutschland! Deutschland über alles! Über alles in der Welt... when it comes to broadband capacity...:v:[/QUOTE] Still not getting why that part of our anthem is forbidden. it's the best.

[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;35023678]My HDD doesn't write that fast.[/QUOTE] SSD master race :3

[QUOTE=trotskygrad;35023845]SSD master race :3[/QUOTE] Alien storage disk device master race.

[QUOTE=trotskygrad;35023845]SSD master race :3[/QUOTE] WELL yeah with an PCiE ssd yeah. its expensive..

[QUOTE=Niklas;35023831]Still not getting why that part of our anthem is forbidden. it's the best.[/QUOTE] It's not forbidden, it's just not offically part of it anymore

Fucking [b]awesome[/b] system, fucking [b]awesome[/b] name. Couldn't expect anything less from German engineering.

Get that shit here. I'm tired of my 7 mbps when I'm promised 30.

this will be super duper useful for downloading more RAM

[QUOTE=Swebonny;35023342]Fast internet is always cool. The fastest we can get at our house is 1000 Mbit/s, but it costs a fortune.[/QUOTE] around 50Mb/s here in denmark

[QUOTE=Rents;35023519]But can I download a car on it?[/QUOTE] You could download a car in half a minute.

Coaxial is ze untercable.