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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.
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?
To be fair, it all trickles down to home users eventually. We're starting to see 10+gbps fiber in enthusiast home networks and internet connections. Small offices are widely adopting 100gbps fiber. It wasn't that long ago that we were adopting 1 gigabit ethernet in home networks, and it won't be long before we see widespread 800+ gigabit fiber.
Streaming video is definitely a big application where more bandwidth will come in handy, I think also transferring large AI models in the 100s of gigabytes may also become a large amount of traffic in the near future.
Man. The tech is so pricey though. 10g switch’s are scary lol
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/