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Title: Facebook and Microsoft to build 160Tbps Trans-Atlantic undersea cable
Post by: Dieselboy on May 27, 2016, 01:31:25 AM

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-facebook-to-build-trans-atlantic-subsea-cable/

I thought it would link NY to London but looks like it's linking Virginia to Spain.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/server-cloud/2016/05/26/microsoft-and-facebook-to-build-subsea-cable-across-atlantic/

Title: Re: Facebook and Microsoft to build 160Tbps Trans-Atlantic undersea cable
Post by: icecream-guy on May 27, 2016, 06:54:38 AM

I was just reading that, crazy stuff, 160Tb sure makes the world alot smaller.

Title: Re: Facebook and Microsoft to build 160Tbps Trans-Atlantic undersea cable
Post by: dipenshah on June 01, 2016, 11:51:08 PM

I was reading a research paper related to fiber optics they have successfully tested 2.15 Pb/s [emoji1] using 22 core SMF!

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Title: Re: Facebook and Microsoft to build 160Tbps Trans-Atlantic undersea cable
Post by: Dieselboy on June 07, 2016, 02:04:02 AM

Over what distance? :)

Title: Re: Facebook and Microsoft to build 160Tbps Trans-Atlantic undersea cable
Post by: dipenshah on June 08, 2016, 01:48:21 PM

31 kms

Paper: 2.15 Pb/s Transmission Using a 22 Core Homogeneous Single- Mode Multi-Core Fiber and Wideband Optical Comb

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