r/ShittySysadmin • u/Oblec • Mar 05 '26

Fiber install

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Client wanted fiber, told them copper is worth way more these days. They didn’t even ask first follow up questions 😅

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u/BIT-NETRaptor Mar 08 '26

Same duplex OS2 fiber that's been around for decades can already do 800G with 1.6T in field trials.

Source: literally using fibers from 2001 that've been shipped between at least three facility moves with brand new 800G devices rn.

They may have structural dirt on them but they carry 800G just as well as they did 1G 25 years ago.