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The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't (stefan.schueller.net)
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[โ€“] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How does 4 strands mean 4 providers?

Can you communicate bidirectionally on just one fiber strand?

[โ€“] zombaya01@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yes. Using different colors of light and polarisation, you could even have multiple connections going over the same wire/fibre.