Japan breaks world internet speed records with 1.02 million GB per second data transfer over 1,118 miles

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Japanese researchers have successfully transmitted a 1.02 petabits (1.02 x 10^6 GB) per second of data over a distance of Japan internet

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woop_woop@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
1 petabit is 125000 gigabytes. The article is confusing bytes (B) with bits (b). Doesn’t bode well for accuracy.

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charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s like 4 Japanese porns a minute. I did some math and it’s true

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- boydster@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I double checked the math and came up with a larger number. Like, easily twice as big. But, that tends to happen a lot when I measure things.
  
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  - charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Are you saying its possible to download 8 Japanese porns a minute? Impossible I say, impossible
    
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  - forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well, definitely never measure an m&m tube to see if a…cylinder will fit inside.
    
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- ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  perhaps that will clear up some of that pesky pixellation.
  
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