> Of course, for some crazy reason consumer hardware often has fiber audio jacks. People are weird. "Optical" audio connections are more about noise resistance

> Of course, for some crazy reason consumer hardware often has fiber audio jacks. People are weird. "Optical" audio connections are more about noise resistance than distance or throughput, especially if you're running cables behind gear with big magnets (speakers) and all that. (We use optical fibre in electrical substations and switchyards for its resistance to noise and induction; not for the capacity. Most switchroom-switchroom SCADA systems wouldn't saturate 10Mbit Ethernet!)