"Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have succeeded in encoding data at a rate of 26 terabits per second on a single laser beam, transmitting the data over a distance of 50 kilometers, and decoding the information successfully. This is the largest data volume ever transported on a laser beam. The process developed by KIT enables the transmission of 700 DVDs' worth of content in just one second." (Full story at ScienceDaily, May 23, 2011).

Not bad, Herr Leuthold, not bad at all! Now my only question is: when will Thailand's ISPs offer the first Terabit connections so that I can see my Youtube clips in glorious high-definition? Actually, I would settle for a Gigabit connection for that purpose.

Cheers, CMX

Thanks for that ..interesting stuff....think application will save long distance telecom transport companies millions of dollars when /if able to use on existing SM fibre in the ground or under the ocean for that matter. The sale of optical to electrical, mux/demux equipment etc will be another windfall for the likes of Alcatel etc..I suppose.. .....doesn't say if the fibre was standard or special ultra low loss stuff for the experiment or if there were any connectors or splices...the major source of loss with hi speed transport.

thanks again for posting

ditto on the internet...lol