(the news source looks good and worth visiting BTW)
An international team in Japan has set a new record for the fastest internet speed at a blazing 402 terabits per second (Tb/s).
The staggering number is hard to put into perspective. Compared to the average U.S. broadband speeds of around 226 megabits per second, it’s over 1.5 million times faster.
For example, a video game released in 2021, “Call of Duty: Vanguard,” is 170 gigabytes large. With an internet speed of 402 Tb/s, the game would be downloaded in 3 milliseconds. This speed is faster than a blink of an eye — over 3,000% faster.
Back in March, scientists in the United Kingdom set the previous world record for internet speed clocking in at 301 Tb/s. Researchers have increased the speed by over 25% in just a few short months.
Speeds like this are only possible using a fiber optic connection utilizing a multitude of new and different wavelengths to send data across the fiber system. These fiber optic systems will be a technology that will allow “Beyond 5G” information services to work faster than ever, and the technology is expected to become more commonly seen.
I'm pretty sure the WJET/WFXP tag on the front of the article means it's a reprint of an article originally written by the Fox TV affiliate for Erie, Pennsylvania, so yeah this is like a content mill husk that most for-profit local news in America has turned into being regurgitated by a source somehow even more soulless and predatory
It's more to carry the load of multiple computers, instead of one computer connecting at 400 Tb/s think of it as a few thousand computers running gigabit connections over one single line.
You could supply an entire office building with internet with a single line from the provider.