Australian researchers successfully test world’s fastest internet speed

How many HD movies can you download in a second? Such fast internet speeds may seem distant right now, even if there’s 5G and optical fiber. Researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities, claim they have successfully tested and recorded the fastest internet data speed in the world and in Australia, through a single optical chip which is capable of downloading the 1,000 HD movies in a fraction of second.

A research team led by Dr Bill Corcoran (Monash), Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell (RMIT) and Professor David Moss (Swinburne), who were studying the burden on world’s internet infrastructure due to the Covid-19 lockdowns, were able to achieve a data speed of 44.2 Terabits per second (Tbps) from a single light source.