What is the fastest Internet speed ever recorded?

In May, 2020, researchers in Australia claim to have achieved internet speed of 44.2 Terabits per second, the fastest internet speed ever recorded. This unbelievable speed was achieved with the help of a single optical chip called micro-comb that replaces around 80 lasers found in some of the existing telecom hardware. The micro-comb is really tiny, about the size of a fingernail.  At this lightning speed, you can download over 1000 HD (High Definition) movies in less than a second. Continue reading to know who is/are considered the father of internet?

Who performed this test?

The lightning speed was achieved by a team of researchers from the Swinburne, Monash and RMIT universities of Australia. 

Where did the test took place?

The device was planted and tested outside the laboratory with the help of using some existing infrastructure similar to that used by the National Broadband Network(NBN) of the country and is compatible with current NBN's infrastructure. 

The researchers hope that this achievement will help the education, health, finance, E-Commerce industries to grow faster in the near future and for making high internet speed available for all the people in the country.  

What the researcheres have to say?

Professor David Moss from Swinburne University said that Micro-combs shows that the never ending need of broadband internet connections can be met, and hopes that they come up with even better outcome in the coming experiments.

Professor Bill Corcoran from Monash university said that while Internet has seen a never-before demand in this time where most of the countries have imposed lockdowns and people are doing all their remote works from home. He says that we are currently getting a sneak peek of how the need of internet's infrastructure would look like in the next two to three years. Since the test was mainly done with the help of existing fibres and infrastructure, he believes that what lies in the ground is gonna be the foundation of the communication networks in these days and also in the future.  

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Who is/are considered the Father of Internet?

Wanna know who is/are considered the father of internet? Well, there are two- Vint Cerf and Robert E. Kahn. They gave a precious contribution to the modernisation of the Internet by working on TCP/IP.