• lorty@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    What makes fiber optic useful is the fact that it is a very specific kind of glass.

    • Strykker@programming.dev
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      10 months ago

      But it’s still dirt fucking cheap to produce.

      The expensive parts of fibre are the transmitters/receivers at each end and the labour to splice/terminate it properly.