Gigabits

Now, a European research effort is promoting millimeter wave for delivering 12.5 Gbps (note the G for Gigabits here) on telecommunications networks.

Wireless Broadband Races to 12.5 Gbps With Microwaves 2009

Wireless Gigabit Alliance, a consortium of electronics companies, has established a specification for 60 gigahertz wireless technology that can offer users data transfer speeds ranging from 1 Gigabits per second to 6 Gbps. To put it simply, WiGig could be at least ten times faster than today's Wi-Fi and it could be available to consumers by the end of next year.

Wired Top Stories 2009

The display of results is almost identical - right down to the Gigabits.

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Effective today, Level 3 will offer customers transport services on these ultra-low-latency routes, with circuit speeds capable of up to 10 Gigabits per second Gbps.

Level 3 Deepens Commitment to Financial Services Industry with Two New Ultra-Low-Latency European Routes - Yahoo! Finance 2011

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, today announced that the NTT Communications Global IP Network has reached 500 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of capacity on its transpacific network.

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With these 1 TB laptop HDD products maximum areal densities of about 740 Gigabits per square inch (Gbpsi) are shipping (although average areal density is about 640 Gbpsi).

Forbes.com: News Tom Coughlin 2011

FCoE uses a special type of add-in card called a Converged Network Adapter CNA, which transports both Fibre Channel storage traffic as well as regular Ethernet network traffic, at speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second.

Ars Technica Ars Staff 2011

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, today announced that the NTT Communications Global IP Network has reached 400 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of capacity on its transpacific network, making it among the highest capacity transpacific networks currently available.

NTT America Leverages Continued Industry Leadership of NTT Communications’ Tier-1 Network with its 400 Gbps Milestone - Yahoo! Finance 2011

At launch, its top speed will be limited to 10 Gigabits per second - twice as fast as USB 3.0, but still well below the theoretical maximum using optical cables.

BBC News - Home 2011

So a 500 Gig super-channel is a unit that can be deployed with 500 Gigabits at a time.

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