Well, not that short range! We are talking about where you have to transmit the qubits at least a few dozen meters. So perhaps distributed quantum computers sp

Well, not that short range! We are talking about where you have to transmit the qubits at least a few dozen meters. So perhaps distributed quantum computers spread across a university, city or country. Also, remember, you still need wired or wireless transmission of bits to do the teleportation protocol.