ZTE blasts past the speed barrier with field test of 1.7Tbps data transmission

[![][1]][2]That bank-breaking 150/35Mbps [FiOS connection][3] you're so proud to call your own? Yeah, it looks like dial-up next to the searing terabit speeds recently achieved by [ZTE's][4] [optical network][5]. The Chinese telco, mostly known stateside for its [mobile handsets][6], has successfully completed an experiment designed to highlight the possibility of migrating "from a 100G transmission system to a 200G system." In layman's terms, that's a data punch of 200Gbps-plus sent over eight channels, which in this case, totals about 1.7Tbps. Impressed? You should be, but don't cast your home connection the side-eye just yet. Like [Deutsche Telekom's comparatively lesser feat][7], you'll likely amass a few wrinkles and lbs before this tech becomes consumer-ready. Check out the official PR after the break.

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