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Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband (www.popsci.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It’s optical fiber so it’s good for miles.

OM1 through OM4 have full rate distances of less than 800 meters.

Yes there is faster stuff that goes for literal miles but saying that optical fiber can always go miles is incorrect.

[–] JohnSwanFromTheLough 7 points 7 months ago

To be fair it's obviously meant that they're talking about singlemode and not multimode.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

No one said “always”; original comment is correct that fiber can literally go miles