• yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    I’m sure the hardware for 50Gbps optics wouldn’t be cheap for the consumer 🤣

    • will_a113@lemmy.ml
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      11 hours ago

      The “innovation” in the article is passive tech for fiber to the room (FTTR), specifically made to be low cost and easier to implement. It’s also how your computer might get that 50Gbit - it’ll have to be wired in with a fiber connection. It’s not happening over WiFi (or even Ethernet)

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        6 hours ago

        There is nothing preventing housing being built with it, so it’s still viable, if currently drastic overkill. Most end-users wont have fiber cards in PCs to begin with, but that isn’t insurmountable either.