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Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband (www.popsci.com)
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[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Man. The tech is so pricey though. 10g switch’s are scary lol

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah. I honestly think 10GbaseT was a mistake, since it fragmented 10gbit and made it so expensive.

The sfp+ switches aren't too bad, here's an 8 port unmanaged for $150: https://www.amazon.com/MokerLink-Support-Bandwidth-Unmanaged-Ethernet/dp/B09W24RZDC/

SFP+ still pretty much requires pcie cards or home-server style hardware to use, but it's pretty accessible. And you can buy 10GbaseT adapters for backwards compatibility for $40.

Some wifi routers are even starting to adopt SFP+, even if it's ungodly expensive. https://www.amazon.se/TP-Link-Deco-BE85-2-pack-Tri-Band-router/dp/B0C5Y46J1W/