How does one increase one’s home Internet speed, and by over 25 times at that (in theory, of course)? Why, by using a plastic optical fiber, of course. A research team led by Hwang Seung-sang has succeeded in making a home network system using the new data communication cable after half a dozen years of experimenting. With this plastic optical fiber, one can achieve data transmission of up to 2.5Gb/s, far outstripping current home Internet lines that can carry data at 100Mb/s. Sounds great, and while real world performance won’t even come anywhere near the 2.5Gb/s mark, it makes perfect sense that the end result will still be way faster than what we have today. Just roll it out already, Einsteins!
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