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  Alcatel claims new optical network speed

  Alcatel-Lucent researchers said they have figured out how to multiply the speed of the fastest undersea cables by a factor of 10, an achievement that someday could send the contents of 400 DVDs hurtling from Paris to Chicago in one second.

  By Stephen Lawson | 29 September, 2009 06:50

  Tags: alcatel-lucent, fibre optic, networking, ocean cables, speeds

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  Trans-Atlantic Internet cables may be filled by 2014

  Voracious Web surfers, e-mailers and downloaders will use up the trans-Atlantic cables that were overbuilt early in this decade within the next five years, forcing carriers to invest in new ones in a market that's become used to adding bandwidth cheaply, according to research company Telegeography.

  By Stephen Lawson | 23 June, 2009 05:18

  Tags: cables, internet, ocean cables, optical fibre