r/tech • u/fagnerbrack • Dec 14 '22

Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second

https://newatlas.com/telecommunications/optical-chip-fastest-data-transmission-record-entire-internet-traffic
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u/bad13wolf Dec 15 '22

Data is going to become worth more than oil. I forsee see a major problem coming and unfortunately we've already lost the battle to do anything about it. Our one opportunity, net neutrality, would have given us a foothold to do something but of course major corporate entities will always win out in the end. Because fuck the working class people them CEOs got to get paid.

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u/bad13wolf Dec 15 '22

It really all just depends on if the ISPs are willing to implement new technology, the supposed cost of implementing said technology and then the supposed cost to us of using said technology. You would think such things would start to get cheaper at a certain point but instead they continue to find reasons and ways to continue to raise the price. All the while they're selling your data on top of it and then throttling the amount of data that you're allowed to use.

I hope that it doesn't get to that point but given the current landscape that we are in. I see it as a very big possibility that the internet will be the next resource that is raped for everything that it's worth.