European telecoms break broadband speed record

"European telecoms break broadband speed record.

Two European telecommunications companies claimed this week that they achieved the fastest ever real-world fiber network transfer speed using commercial grade hardware.

According to a report released Tuesday, France's Alcatel-Lucent and Britain's BT achieved fiber speeds of 1.4 Terabytes per second. That's roughly the equivalent of transmitting 44 HD films in a single second..........

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/01/22/reviewed-broadband-record-speed/4779131/

To infinity and beyond.