The article seems to be comparing a hero experiment to access rates. Why not at least compare to telecom backbone rates? You can do at least 1.6 Tbps per fiber

The article seems to be comparing a hero experiment to access rates. Why not at least compare to telecom backbone rates? You can do at least 1.6 Tbps per fiber, long haul, with commercially available gear. If we use telecom hero experiments as the standard, 44 Tbps is not the record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication#Standard_fibre_cables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication#Stan...