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rayvy on Sept 30, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical...

So fiber can transfer 20 Tbps+ ? Mind = blown. Great cursory read

dugborkt on Sept 30, 2018 [–]

Well, a single fiber pair and a rack's worth of expensive gear on both sides. The standard front panel ports on routers these day tends to go to 100G with 400 on the horizon.

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