Back in 1979 when the PTC was formed, trans-Atantic bandwidth was about 1,000 Mbps total, or about 647 T1 circuits. In early 2023 trans-Atlantic capacity is likely above 75 Tbps.
source: AI Impacts
Saturday, January 21, 2023
We Used to be Able to Count Trans-Atlantic bandwidth in T1s
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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