(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.
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.
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