Japan has just achieved an astonishing internet speed, fast enough to download the entire Netflix library in a single second!

A team of engineers there reached a world-record speed of 1.02 petabits per second—which is over a million gigabits every second. To put that into perspective, that speed is 3.5 million times faster than the average internet speed in the US.

This achievement is more than just a staggering number; the best part is that the engineers accomplished it using fiber optic cables similar to the ones we already use today. This demonstrates massive potential for upgrading existing communications infrastructure without requiring a complete overhaul of the global fiber network.

This breakthrough opens the door to a future where the transfer of immense data loads—from scientific research and AI to global cloud data—can be executed virtually instantaneously.