Canarie - Network Capacity

In December 2011, CANARIE demonstrated full 100 Gb/s capacity using current technical infrastructure.

"Data was moved back and forth at a combined rate of 186Gbps (gigabits per second), fast enough to transfer two million gigabytes of data or 100,000 full Blu-ray discs in one day. It could pave the way for networks with standard transfer rates of 100Gbps. That would speed up the sharing of scientific research, such as that at the Large Hadron Collider."       
BBC News | Technology

The following chart shows how CANARIE's core (operational) network's capacity compares to those of other National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Europe. Click here to enlarge.

Source: Terena Compendium 2011