The speed is more than two-and-a-half times faster than the previous record for data transmission, which Siemens also claims to have set on the same network. 107 gigabits translates to roughly the amount of content found on two DVDs, or around 1200 Paris Hilton music track downloads (not that we'd endorse such a concept).

Sadly for those of us still struggling to download video at a decent rate, commercial implementations will be some time in coming. Siemens says it will be "a few years" before such high-speed products are launched on the market. The system could theoretically handle around 100,000 simultaneous DSL connections, researchers estimate.
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