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More impressive to me is that the first commercial fiber-optic system worked at 45Mbps. In 1975.
by danohuiginn 15y ago
More impressive to me is that the first commercial fiber-optic system worked at 45Mbps.
In 1975.
- CWuestefeld 15y agoBack 25 years ago I worked for the phone company. I was excited to learn that the way fiber works is essentially to carry multiple channels based on divisions of color. Of course, when you stop to think about it, that's precisely analogous to carrying multiple frequencies of radio, or audio (as with a modem). But thinking of this in terms of multiple colors being transmitted simultaneously really brought the point home.
- kenjackson 15y agoThat is good, but still 109Tbps is 2 million times faster. That's an improvement of about 1.5x per year for the past 35 years. Hitting 45Mbps out the gate is great. But improving it at that rate for 35 years is some serious engineering.