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)
I’m sure the hardware for 50Gbps optics wouldn’t be cheap for the consumer 🤣
will_a113@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
kalleboo@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
(or even Ethernet)
Technically, those 100+ Gbps fiber LAN/WAN connections used in data centers are also Ethernet, just not twisted pair.
That said recently I was in a retail store and saw “Cat8” cables for sale that advertised support for 40 Gbps copper ethernet! I wonder if any hardware to support that will ever be released. It is a real standard: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Gigabit_Ethernet#40GBAS…
cybersin@lemm.ee 13 hours ago
Enterprise adopted 100GbE networking around 2019. You can now buy used network cards for around $100 each.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Probably not where I am, that seems really low. I mean it depends if you use name brand or not. Often I don’t use the name brand ones 🤣
MorphiusFaydal@lemmy.world 31 minutes ago
I just checked on eBay, and there are multiple listings for single port 100 GbE Mellanox (now nVidia) Connect-X 4 cards in the $60-100 range.