Kühe sind toll@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoResearchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadbandwww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1333
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·edit-23 months agoIt’s optical fiber so it’s good for miles. Unlikely to be at home for decades but telcos will use it for connecting networks. Optical fiber is already 100 gigabit so the article comparing it to your home connection is stupid. So the scientist improved current fiber speed by 10x, not 1.2 million X.
minus-squarecredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agoNote they did not say 1.2 million times faster than fiber. Instead they compared it to the broadband definition; an obvious choice of clickbait terminology.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI wonder what non-telco applications will use this I wonder if something like a sport stadium has video requirements that would get close with HFR 8K video?
It’s optical fiber so it’s good for miles. Unlikely to be at home for decades but telcos will use it for connecting networks.
Optical fiber is already 100 gigabit so the article comparing it to your home connection is stupid.
So the scientist improved current fiber speed by 10x, not 1.2 million X.
Note they did not say 1.2 million times faster than fiber. Instead they compared it to the broadband definition; an obvious choice of clickbait terminology.
I wonder what non-telco applications will use this
I wonder if something like a sport stadium has video requirements that would get close with HFR 8K video?