Laser puts record data rate through fibre

Source: BBC

Researchers have set a new record for the rate of data transfer using a single laser: 26 terabits per second.

At those speeds, the entire Library of Congress collections could be sent down an optical fibre in 10 seconds.

The trick is to use what is known as a "fast Fourier transform" to unpick more than 300 separate colours of light in a laser beam, each encoded with its own string of information.

The technique is described in the journal Nature Photonics.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13469924

maybe we'd see some of that technology put into production.

In fact, they have an incentive to *reduce* bandwidth and trick people into going over their arbitrary limits.

Where I live in Kansas City, Mo., we are going to be the first city to test out the new google network at 100 times the speed. I'm guessing it is going to be wireless since it is in conjunction with Kansas City Power and Light.


http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/16/2880573_kcmo-to-get-superfast-google-hook.html?storylink=omni_popular

no place.

Or at least since visiting the dungeon :P

Go tell that to the folks at Ciena networks...let me know when they stop laughing :rofl:

so you can take your snark and stuff it in a sock.


To try claim that AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner, Comcast and Cox do not in fact have the vast amount of marketshare is what is ignorant, my friend.

that it has stiffled them in some way and they don't invest or care about new technologies...

I told you to call Ciena so you could hear them laugh. (You can look them up, they have a website :) )
Actually, the point you were trying to make makes no sense at all...

Here's a list of the top hosting companies for your edumacation...

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5 DSREDIRECTION.COM 2.745 % 2,096,239
6 YAHOO.COM 2.466 % 1,883,219
7 HOSTGATOR.COM 2.101 % 1,604,435
8 REGISTER.COM 1.8376 % 1,403,320
9 BLUEHOST.COM 1.7671 % 1,349,473
10 DREAMHOST.COM 1.4968 % 1,143,034
11 CASHPARKING.COM 1.4675 % 1,120,705
12 WEBSITEWELCOME.COM 1.271 % 970,601
13 BUYDOMAINS.COM 1.2175 % 929,729
14 HOSTMONSTER.COM 0.9698 % 740,568
15 REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM 0.7468 % 570,310
16 PARKED.COM 0.5875 % 448,662
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19 SMARTNAME.COM 0.5374 % 410,377
20 DOTSTER.COM 0.5006 % 382,262
21 ATT-WEBHOSTING.COM 0.4661 % 355,945
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:rofl:

that those are hosting companies....

So now you change to ISP...are we talking strictly residential, business, or both?


You call Ciena networks yet? I actually happened to be on the phone with one of my Verizon counterparts earlier and forwarded him this link. He said thanks for the laugh as well...

They never look at new technologies and would never be interested in getting more bandwidth out of one of their fiber pairs :rofl: (Since they have a "monopoly" with all these "hosting" services- really brings in the money I promise)

Big Business thanks you for your support. :eyes:

You're just another idiot propping up the status quo.

and got called on it..

I simply don't have the time to deal with worthless punks like you.

If we hadn't allowed telcoms and cable companies to nearly monopolize hosting
maybe we'd see some of that technology put into production.


:rofl:

Call Ciena yet? Faster they get that code and optics GA faster it can be put to use.. (When I say GA I'm not talking about Georgia FYI) Might want to call Ericsson as well. I'd give up on Nortel lol

rather than ask for a clarification, which I would have gladly given, you launch into a snark party at my expense.

Service provider was what I was referring to, as I made perfectly clear in an earlier post. But like a true punk, you latch on to one word and drag it around in the mud.

People like you weren't around much prior to Obama getting elected, or if you were you were more polite. Now, you make this board a trite and tiresome place. Good day.

your statement is still incorrect, misleading, and wrong.

And I take it you haven't called Ciena yet?

As to calling me "son" and "punk", I see ixion was born in April of 2004. The great Snooper2 came into this World in 2002. So, based on our long-form birth certificate, I've got a couple years on ya....Son :rofl:

shows what you know. :dunce:

He was clearly referring to bandwidth providers not hosting companies. It would make no sense to speak of hosting companies in this context.

His terminology may be wrong but his point is correct. I don't know what game you are trying to play here but the fact remains his over all point that AT&T comcast etc are not trying to bring you better service as much as they are trying to empty your pocket is exactly correct.

At that bandwidth most people wouldn't use a second of time, their entire life.

The ability of computers to hold data practically doubles every year, and grows at an exponential rate.

With a slower internet, everything falls behind.

Oh happy day!

Just THINK what this will do for the porn industry!

Especially if they can use existing cable...

It can't be done through copper cables, which is what most of the country has now. Fiber Optic cables are the future, yet our country refuses to invest in them because they cost too much money.

But there's a lot of fiber out there. I don't think these speeds are meant for desktops. Probably for backbone.

:)

And I guess you are not familar with ANY of the federal grants available for telecomunications

http://www.federalgrantswire.com/national-telecommunications-and-information-administration-department-of-commerce-federal-grants.html

Pretending fiber to the house is widespread is ridiculous.

and not enough in our own infrastructure. What's the purpose of a government that doesn't take care of its own but goes around the worth via military to blow shit up. Dumb!!!

It would be kind of nice to not watch our infrastructure fall apart before our very eyes, while the Repukes claim any attempt to rebuild it is socialism.

We're going to be towards the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to internet very soon, while the rest of the world just blows by us.

Europeans I have contact with laugh at how much we pay for internet and cell phone service, at the slow speed, and at the crappy quality. We've already become a 2nd tier nation and the sad thing is that most of us don't even realize it.

And you're exactly right, if we could quit waging war and put that money toward our infrastructure we could make huge strides.

I am not willing to part with $32.00 US to read the article in Nature Photonics so I would like some details.
1) How long was the line they transmitted the 26 terabits?
2) How long a line until a regenerator (repeater) must be used?
3) How much imput power does the 300 optical transmitters require and for regeneration?
4) In short is this practical?

Not sure they could keep up (unless you had a ton of ram, for instance' or some other way to hold the data once transmitted).

Great potential there for reducing traffic/loads - but now we need hardware that can manage those volumes.

That's the largest expenditure for any telecomunications network...

FYI :hi:

:toast:

The equipment at either in transmitting, receiving and switching is were the big money is. My questions still stand and I'd like the answer to one more, is the fiber used in the test standard material available or was it specially manufactured for this project?

is very pricey, even after 60% discounts. Laying the fiber and getting right-away rights is the huge hurdle though and takes big bucks. That's why a lot of the main routes are shared by a number of providers. Got to watch one of the rigs that "shoots" the new fiber down through conduit, pretty cool.

I couldn't imagine them using anything other than multi-mode fiber but clarification would be nice. I'm sure the big transport manufacturers are all over it though :)

:)

They use "libararies of congress" as the standard rate of measure, but I suspect other libraries will be more frequently downloaded

Thanks for the thread, Lars.

This kind of undermines the case for internet throttling, though, as these technologies are adapted commercially.

lab experiments that go on that demonstrate bleeding edge capabilities but the real world has challenges that have to be overcome.

from the article: