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Kühe sind toll@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband

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Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband

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Kühe sind toll@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Using an optical processor to operate in the E- and S-band ranges, UK researchers hit a transfer rate of 301 terabits per second.
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    “A bus on average can hold ten times as many passengers as private vehicles.”

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      Except that isn’t the case here. It’s completely different technology that transfers the data. So it’s comparing a train to a car.

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        The vast majority of consumers don’t understand the technology being used at any point in worldwide infrastructure, many times including the tech in their own home.

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          Okay.

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