China serves up the internet at 1.2 terabits per second
Chinese researchers and telecommunications engineers have launched what they claim is the world’s first internet service with line speeds over one terabit per second. Called the backbone network, the 3 000-kilometre fibre optic line runs from Beijing to the southern city of Guangzhou, via Wuhan in central China, and transmits data at 1.2 terabits per second…