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		15155 on June 14, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boulder moves to fund citywide fiber buildout thro... > upgrading us to 10gbe would be an optic swap in a pop, not digging cable out of the ground. This is assuming the physical glass was rated for that kind of bandwidth. Cat6a can "technically" do 10gbe

tw04 on June 14, 2018 [–]

We're talking single mode fiber, not miltimode. The glass hasn't changed in 25 years.

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