Facebook and Microsoft to build 160Tbps Trans-Atlantic undersea cable

[Dieselboy]

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/

[icecream-guy]

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

[dipenshah]

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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[Dieselboy]

Over what distance?

[dipenshah]

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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