# Japan breaks world record for fastest internet speed

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/japan-breaks-world-record-for-fastest-internet-speed/
- Published: 2021-11-16T09:00:45-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: Compare Firbre / Unsplash. Article by Kristin Houser. Big Think – November 13, 2021. Engineers in Japan have set a new world record for fastest internet speed — and it’s so fast, you’d be able to download nearly 80,000 movies in just one second. Need for speed: Internet speed is typically measured by how much data can be transmitted between two devices in one second. The new record is 319 terabits per second (Tb/s). […] Click here to view original web page at bigthink.com