Quantum Cryptography Slowed by "Dead Times"

coondoggie writes "Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Joint Quantum Institute said today that technological and security issues will stall maximum transmission rates at levels comparable to that of a single broadband connection, such as a cable modem, unless researchers reduce "dead times" in the detectors that receive quantum-encrypted messages."

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Re:I have no clue what this is about

[Anonymous Coward]

hardware which may or may not exist yet is going to run slowly unless said hardware is improved at some time in the future when it may or may not exist.