IBM: New Speed Record For Big Data

IBM announced an invention that will speed data transfers to 200-400 Gbps. To put this into perspective it made headlines on February 14th when Google announced it would increase it's fiber network speeds up to 10 Gbps.

According to phys.org:

"At this speed 160 Gigabytes, the equivalent of a two-hour, 4K ultra-high definition movie or 40,000 songs, could be downloaded in only a few seconds."

For companies managing, examining, and transferring infinitely large data sets  I can only imagine the efficiency this would add to their business. For companies like Facebook, Amazon, IBM, Taradata, or even the Government - who examine billions or trillions of bits of information with embedded metadata - it could make it viable to accurately examine, sort, and share the information in minutes rather than weeks or months. Other companies like Netflix would benefit too. They could easily add the option to purchase or stream high definition videos and movies with almost no buffer time.

The question for the average consumer might be: If speeds like this become available to the public, will ISPs throttle their networks or allow their customers to reap the full benefits of lightning fast internet connection?