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1 posted on 04/09/2024 12:01:17 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Ping!.................


2 posted on 04/09/2024 12:02:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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ISPs will have an array of excuses why speeds will throttled to about what is current today if this ever comes to pass.


3 posted on 04/09/2024 12:04:46 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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That’s a lot of pr0n.


4 posted on 04/09/2024 12:06:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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And this is the last we will ever hear of it.


6 posted on 04/09/2024 12:10:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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Fiber optic bus for a PC perhaps? Maybe move aware from the electrical interconnect between PC devices? Just thinking about possible uses other than last mile.


7 posted on 04/09/2024 12:13:04 PM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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total, real-time surveillance within reach now?


8 posted on 04/09/2024 12:13:25 PM PDT by xoxox
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11 posted on 04/09/2024 12:20:32 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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That’s about a wiggle every hundredth of an inch.


12 posted on 04/09/2024 12:21:41 PM PDT by cymbeline
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As long it’s not AT&T or Google.


13 posted on 04/09/2024 12:25:44 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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Great for people in cities, but there’s still many miles of dark fiber out there. Never used...


15 posted on 04/09/2024 12:28:31 PM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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I remember when I thought 1200 Baud was blazing.


16 posted on 04/09/2024 12:38:51 PM PDT by dljordan (What do you think?)
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Skynet: That’s just about enough bandwidth needed. I’ll be able to deploy globally faster than they can countermeasure.


18 posted on 04/09/2024 12:58:28 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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The 3D 8K Porn Industry applauds the breakthrough.


19 posted on 04/09/2024 1:07:12 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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I would like to read that paper... Trying to dig through the editorializing to find a link and not coming up with much.

https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/eps/aipt/optical-communications


20 posted on 04/09/2024 1:10:32 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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If used throughout (in and out of) all telecommunicating devices, it could save (displace) tons of copper that is now being used.


21 posted on 04/09/2024 1:16:25 PM PDT by Wuli ( )
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Fiber is expensive, verizon had to cut back on expansion because of earnings pressure. I believe they may be starting to do more transmission lines once again.


23 posted on 04/09/2024 1:20:25 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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I work with some serious enterprise stuff, and I don’t know of any equipment that can send or receive data anywhere near that fast, ot even the internal memory bus.


25 posted on 04/09/2024 1:22:30 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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...but you will likely see only 13bps on your modem still, as always.


26 posted on 04/09/2024 2:02:01 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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It’s greener


28 posted on 04/09/2024 2:16:45 PM PDT by mowowie
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Of course, that’ll make it possible to go broke downloading every movie and audio recording ever made, in one day. :^)


31 posted on 04/09/2024 7:52:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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