Researchers Transmit Optical Data at 16.4 Tbps Over 1,500mi.

oboy, over at Digg writes, “FiOS, you ain’t got nothing on this: Alcatel-Lucent researchers in France have successfully transmitted optical data at an absolutely blazing speed of 16.4 Tbps over a distance of over 1,500 miles.“

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(Fiber optic photo courtesy of [luis]’s)