Japan Sets Global Benchmark With Record-Breaking Internet Speed, 16 Million Times Faster Than India’s Average Speed

Japan has recently taken global internet speed to a new level. Researchers in the country have reached an incredible internet speed of 1.02 petabits per second, which is fast enough to download the whole Netflix library almost instantly. 

To put this into perspective, Japan's new internet speed is 16 million times faster than the average speed in India (approximately 63.55 Mbps) and 3.5 million times faster than the average internet connection in the United States. According to Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), this milestone now has the world's fastest internet connection. 

This accomplishment was made possible by the Photonic Network Laboratory at NICT, which collaborated with Sumitomo Electric and European partners. The secret to this remarkable speed is a special 19-core fibre optic cable that can transfer data over great distances—1,808 km to be exact—without slowing down.Here’s what this speed implies in real life: with this connection, you can instantly download an entire 8K movie. 

What's even more fascinating is that the cable used is the same size as conventional internet cables—only 0.125 mm thick—so this technology might potentially operate with existing infrastructures. 

To simulate real-world use, the system was tested with 19 circuits, each around 86 kilometers long and looped 21 times. What was the result? A total data transfer of 1.86 exabits per second-kilometer established an unprecedented standard in internet technology.

Information referenced in this article is from NDTV