Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband

https://feddit.de/post/11121314

Distances though? I’ve seen similar breakthroughs in the past but it was only good for networking within the same room.
It’s optical fiber so it’s good for miles. Unlikely to be at home for decades but telcos will use it for connecting networks.

It’s optical fiber so it’s good for miles.

OM1 through OM4 have full rate distances of less than 800 meters.

Yes there is faster stuff that goes for literal miles but saying that optical fiber can always go mile is incorrect.

OM1 fiber, OM2 fiber, OM3 fiber and OM4 fiber overview

There are four kinds of multimode fibers: OM1 fiber, OM2 fiber, OM3 fiber and OM4 fiber. The letters "OM" stand for optical multi-mode.

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To be fair it’s obviously meant that they’re talking about singlemode and not multimode.
No one said “always”; original comment is correct that fiber can literally go miles