Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/shaw-plants-100gbps-fibers-in-canada-watches-them-grow/
Consumers can dream of
1Gbps, businesses might ask for
10Gbps, but here's the next step along that logarithmic curve: Shaw and Alcatel-Lucent just launched a new 100Gbps inter-city fiber optic network in Canada, following a successful trial between Calgary and Edmonton. The network can purportedly handle 133 million simultaneous voice calls, 440,000 HDTV channels, or transmit the equivalent of 44 Blu-ray discs in a single second. More redweed details in the PR after the break.
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