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"researchers claim to have made a breakthrough in hollow-core fiber (HCF) design...

The new design maintains low losses of around 0.2 dB/km over a 66 THz bandwidth and boasts 45% faster transmission speeds."

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Due to the higher propagation speed and therefore lower latency these are more interesting for anything really long distance. Same for attenuation, with less attenuation you need fewer amplifiers along long transmission lines. For last-mile deployment both don't make much of a difference, so bend radius isn't really that critical.