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Published 8 years ago by Cobbydaler with 3 Comments
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Engineers Just Broke the Capacity Limit For Fiber Optic Transmission

So, that Internet apocalypse that’s going to befall us when our fiber optic cables max out? Maybe not so much. On Thursday, engineers reported in Science that they’d broken the “capacity limit” for fiber optic transmission, opening the door to future networks that carry more data further at lower costs.

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  • caelreth
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    Woo! Very exciting stuff, indeed!

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  • PrismDragon
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    Wow! That's incredible to hear. Now as to how long it will take for it to reach consumers...

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  • AdelleChattre
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    Great, the artificial scarcity of fiber just got more artificial!

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