this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
1209 points (98.8% liked)

Memes

45728 readers
1380 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Strykker@programming.dev 3 points 1 year 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.