House size and media consumption are going to be big factors here I think. You get four people trying to stream, game, listen to music, whatever it is people these days use phones for, etc; it's going to really add up. Sure lots of people barely use the internet and are getting sold way more than they need but it's not uncommon anymore for multiple hd things to be simultaneously happening in one house

Most likely sending pseudorandom data so that the data can be validated at the other end.

Given they say it's really 19 fibers in one, that's really just 6,600Gb/s per fiber which is really just 4 colors per fiber with one of those and some amplifiers: https://www.fs.com/c/1.6t-osfp-infiniband-1392

Apparently those go into a watercooled switch. Those 1.6T NICs sound absolutely insane. Makes your home 10G network look strings and cans.

It's not that insane in perspective. Probably still needs a whole rack of equipment to run just that test, but the technology is not too far off that it's quite plausible.

Meanwhile in aus we get like 5 MB/s

;-;

Content becomes a lot bigger in size while we get too used to getting it immediately. I could've laughed and how I set a PC to torrent overnight in pre-100MB times, but with games liberally crossing 100GB line I can see myself going back to that.

Its just got nothing to do with "internet". That is the issue with the headline. Its just some random piece of fiber that isnt even connected to any wider network. Im assuming they just used big ass rolled up rolls of fiber connected to one another to get to the 1800km. There are no end user "internet" applications for it either. The only thing it could be used for is isolated connections between internet hubs or inside datacenters for local network.

Still impressive ofcourse but just doesnt have anything to do with "internet" in the end user sense.

Only until you hit your data cap!

What's the point though? With more and more trash content on the internet what would the bandwidth be used for? To force-feed people more ads?

For better piracy 🥰

Wow, it's that bad?

I live in rural Pacific NW and just upgraded to 5gbit symmetric fiber.

Article explains. You don't read it.

Yeah Australia still hasn't quite caught up to the internet speeds some other countries had 15 years ago. It's kinda sad. I'm still sad the original (good) NBN got replaced by the janky NBN that's taken years to fix.

The other weird thing in Australia is that even the expensive fibre plans are asymmetric. Most countries that have fibre have a 1Gbps symmetric plan (meaning upload and download are both 1Gbps) whereas the 1Gbps NBN plan has a ridiculously low ~50Mbps upload speed.

I moved from Australia to the USA in 2013. Back then, I had ~9Mbps ADSL2+ in Australia, compared to 600Mbps in the USA. Huge difference. Now I've got 10Gbps symmetric in the USA for $50/month through a local ISP.

Of course I read it, and investigated the source. The issue is with the title the article chose.

640K ought to be enough for anyone.

i mean a tincan with a wire on it is faster than average us internet speeds

That sounds like a coax network instead of fiber.

Japan seeming to be ahead of the curve 20 years ago but now being at the same level or behind, seems to be a common theme.

fiber optics

Won't come out immediately, as that tech would first have to be finalized then introduced to the domestic market.

That's quite a speed. How much does it cost and is this a company or personal subscription?

I'm sorry, fiber optics needs to be finalized before being introduced to the domestic market?

I've had fiver since a long, LONG time

Most Australians live in or near a major city, it's pretty common to be able to get gigabit. if you're unlucky you might be limited to 100 megabit, but in some remote or rural areas I wouldn't be surprised if it's 5Mb.