An observational optical scrap developed in a collaboration between Australian universities has recorded the fast Internet data speeding in the world by achieving 44.2 Terabits per secondment from a single light source . That ’s like downloading 1,000 high - definition movies in a fraction of a second .

As reported inNature Communications , the engineering is smaller and lighter than live telecommunication hardware and was test on infrastructure already commercially available . Though it will certainly be dear at first , the tech might have a quick turnaround in becoming widely useable .

" We ’re currently getting a sneak peep of how the substructure for the net will hold up in two to three year ' time , due to the unprecedented number of people using the net for remote work , socializing , and streaming . It ’s really prove us that we necessitate to be capable to scale the capacity of our cyberspace connection , " co - lead source Dr Bill Corcoran from   Monash University suppose in astatement .

Current engineering science uses 80 lasers , but the new equipment does n’t need them . The optical chip is designed as a “ micro - comb ” for the igniter that is send through the fiber . The micro - comb happy chance up the spark , producing hundreds of laser - comparable signaling and each can be used as its own communication channel .

The test was done on 76.6 km of " sorry " optical fibers between RMIT University ’s Melbourne City Campus and Monash University ’s Clayton Campus . The nickname “ dark ” here stands for unused . Dark fibers are commonly rented from web help provider .

" Long - condition , we hope to create integrated photonic potato chip that could enable this kind of data rate to be achieved across existing optical roughage links with minimal cost , " co - author , and Distinguished Professor at RMIT , Arnan Mitchell , excuse .

" ab initio , these would be attractive for extremist - high - speed communicating between information centers . However , we could ideate this technology becoming sufficiently low cost and compendious that it could be deploy for commercial-grade use by the general public in cities across the world . "

The squad now plans to scale current transmitters to provide faster information without increase their size , weight , or monetary value . Their destination is a 100 - fold increase in net speed from hundreds of Gb per second towards the tens of terabits per second as demonstrated in their test .