I'm talking about the laser communication satellites that NASA et al have launched into orbit, which are supposedly around 3-4 bits per photon.

These are hitting upwards of 10Gbit speeds (not quite 44.2 Terabits) but still impressive nonetheless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_communication_in_space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_PAyload_for_Lasercomm_...