English to Russian Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) internet capacity

The information capacity of optical fibres – the light-carrying pipes that form the backbone of the internet – can be increased simply by upping the power of the light beamed through them. This boosts the signal that encodes, say, a Netflix show so that it dominates over the inherent noise of the fibre, making it easier to read at the other end. Researchers have spent decades finding ways to amplify signals, increasing the capacity of fibre already in the ground and keeping up with the growth of internet traffic.


But that trick has hit a dead end. If you up the power beyond a certain point, the fibre becomes saturated with light and the signal is degraded. This limit means internet fibres are nearing their capacity. “You can’t get an infinite amount of capacity in a fibre".

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