Comment on Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband

• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Then give me a related analogy you would accept and I’ll easily twist it into a misleading comparison exactly the article did.

  How about this, “British Telecom develops high speed internet 1700x faster than previous Internet service technology. Availability is today!”

  The above statement is completely true.

  Comparing to home Internet when it isn’t home Internet technology is misleading. Ignoring that there are already faster optical Internet speeds in other labs around the world is misleading.

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  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “A bus on average can hold ten times as many passengers as private vehicles.”

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    • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Except that isn’t the case here. It’s completely different technology that transfers the data. So it’s comparing a train to a car.

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      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The vast majority of consumers don’t understand the technology being used at any point in worldwide infrastructure, many times including the tech in their own home.

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