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Plastic Fiber Could Make Optical Networking a DIY Project
An anonymous reader writes "A new European project using plastic fiber and off-the-shelf components could make optical networking so cheap and simple that installation could be a DIY job for even a non-technical person. The object of EU-funded POF-ALL project is to find a technical solution to the rising cost of taking optical fiber right into the home." A mere "few hundred metres" of 100mbps (since plastic is thus far dimmer than glass) would suffice to wire any home I'm likely to occupy.
Well, 100 millibits per second is several orders of magnitude slower than 1 gigabit per second regardless of what the physical medium is made of. The benefits must be something besides bandwidth.
Where do you think plastic comes from? Yes start making fiber from plastic and watch the price of petrol skyrocket! Stupid idea.
[quote]100mbps would suffice to wire any home I'm likely to occupy.[/quote]
Yes, and I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
Also, 10 megabytes should be enough for anyone.
Well, not with your remaining eye, certainly!
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all the cool lights would look really neat when I am trippin and sending data everywhere!
Does plastic (like ducks and very small stones) float?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."