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lazide 3 days ago

The fiber ran right now is nowhere near reaching it’s theoretical usage. The issue is now, and always has been, having someone actually run it. That costs money. It’s also a bit more physically vulnerable, and requires some more care to not destroy, which makes the actually running it part a bit more expensive than copper in many circumstances.

This won’t change anything for 99% of new fiber deployments, and practically doesn’t make any difference for existing fiber deployments either. The actual media is still 100x more capable than anyone’s end termination equipment outside of a lab.