Caltech Shatters Internet Speed Record:186Gbps

As if I could n’t detest my ISP any more , investigator at the SuperComputing 2011 group discussion do a young internet speed record transferring data with a combined pace of186 Gbps , 67 Gbps quicker than the previous record Seth in 2009 .

To put that in perspective , that ’s fast enough to transfer 2,000,000 gigabytes a day , or 100,000 Blu - ray platter . The team behind the record was led by Caltech , but also included physicist , computer scientist , and engineer from the University of Victoria in British Columbia , the University of Michigan , Florida International University , and CERN to name a few .

The new disk was set using a 100 Gbps meshwork setup by Canada ’s Advanced Research and Innovation connection between the University of Victoria Computing Centre in BC , and the Washington State Convention Centre in Seattle . That combine charge per unit of 186 Gbps includes 98 Gbps send in one management , and 88 Gbps send in the other , divulge the premature record of 119 Gbps countersink back in 2009 .