• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17 days ago

    50gbps **shared line using passive optical splitters. Bit misleading there Chona, nobody is getting an actual 50gbps connection to their house.

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      17 days ago

      Getting real tired of these „China is 30 years ahead of us“ clickbait headlines on an almost daily basis. They‘re always completely overblown and sadly really warp the public perception of the country and their government.

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      17 days ago

      I’m sure the hardware for 50Gbps optics wouldn’t be cheap for the consumer 🤣

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        16 days ago

        Enterprise adopted 100GbE networking around 2019. You can now buy used network cards for around $100 each.

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          16 days ago

          Probably not where I am, that seems really low. I mean it depends if you use name brand or not. Often I don’t use the name brand ones 🤣

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            16 days ago

            I just checked on eBay, and there are multiple listings for single port 100 GbE Mellanox (now nVidia) Connect-X 4 cards in the $60-100 range.

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              16 days ago

              My mistake, I was thinking 100Gb fiber. Even the knock off switch SFPs are hundreds of dollars each.

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      17 days ago

      Most residential fiber globally currently is GPON with a 1-2 Gbps shared line using passive optical splitters, split up to 32 ways. Raising that shared line to 50 Gbps is a great upgrade.

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      17 days ago

      Its not that out of this world, though it is currently completely unneccessary. 10gb+ has been somewhat common residentially for years.

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      15 days ago

      They’re over here talking about 50Gb XGS-PON for residential like anyone is actually going to use it. I bet their end users will still complain about slow speeds.