Well, depends on lab stuff or stuff you can buy. Nobody yet knows the theoretical max as you can jack up the power until things start melting and get more bandwidth. And you can use goofy modes too. I have heard estimates of 10 petabits per second as something achievable.
This real world system did 1.25 terabits per second. http://newatlas.com/fastest-internet-data-rate-optical-ucl/41797/ From: TJ Trout Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Fiber maximum throughout What is the current max throughout that can be sent over a single or two strands of fiber? I'm assuming 100g x dwdm ? Atleast 100 x 10gbps?
