No normal consumer user would have any reasonable use case for this kind of bandwidth.
This is data center and backbone network stuff.
Comment on Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And 1.2 million times less likely to be available to the public
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
ultimately the end consumer is going to run their connection through it SOMEWHERE, or something very similar more than likely.
It’s not going to be FTTH levels of connectivity, but interconnect to ISP it very well could be.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Maybe so. Would sure be nice to have that kind of breathing room though
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Also 1.2 million times less likely to leave the research stadium because even if this is true (very big if already) it’s still “new and exciting and revolutionary improvement #3626462” this week alone. Revolutionary new battery tech comes out twice a week if you believe the pop sci tech sites, it’s 99.9% crap
frezik@midwest.social 8 months ago
Battery advancements aren’t crap. We’ve gotten 5-8% improvement in capacity per year, which compounds to a doubling every 10 to 15 years. Every advancement covered by over sensationalized pop sci articles you’ve ever heard has contributed to that. It’s important not to let sensationalism make you jaded to actual advancements.
Now, as for broadband, we haven’t pushed out the technologies to the last mile that we already have. However, this sort of thing is useful for the backbone and universities. Universities sometimes have to transfer massive amounts of data, and some of the most efficient ways to do that are a van full of hard drives.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
That’s not what I said though, I meant that 99.9% of the “revolutionary new battery technology” articles on blogs, magazines and what not are clickbait crap. I’ve seen these articles for at least the last 25 years and hlbeyond lit-ion batteries, not much revolutionary has happened on the battery front. My point was more against the clickbait science and tech news that regurgitates the same dumb crap all the time
n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Stuff like this is a bit more believable. Still will be more than a decade before we will see any benefit. First all of the sea cables would get the upgrade, then private companies (banks mainly), then governments (military and such), ISPs will prolly not touch it for as long as possible till governments force em.