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		immibis 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their ... Look at it this way as well: The slowest practical fiber connection is 10Gbps, individually per fiber. The fastest practical wireless connection is about 2.5Gbps, shared between all users.

protocolture 6 months ago [–]

Slowest practical fiber connection is 10 gig? There are still plenty of 1 gig optics in the world. Still plenty of FC8s too.

And its weird that I can remember building a 10 gig path of siklus just a few years ago. Dodgy product in terms of failover, but delivered the goods.

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