Kühe sind toll@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoResearchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadbandwww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1460
arrow-up1460external-linkResearchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadbandwww.popsci.comKühe sind toll@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-27 months ago 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.
minus-squareJohnSwanFromTheLough@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoTo be fair it’s obviously meant that they’re talking about singlemode and not multimode.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoNo one said “always”; original comment is correct that fiber can literally go 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.
To be fair it’s obviously meant that they’re talking about singlemode and not multimode.
No one said “always”; original comment is correct that fiber can literally go miles