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52 Hacker successfully tests Toslink at unprecedented distances of up to 143 kilometers — separate test shows transmission speeds of about 1.47 Mb/s

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Hacker successfully tests Toslink at unprecedented distances of up to 143 kilometers — separate test shows transmission speeds of about 1.47 Mb/s

IP over Toslink, "a very useless consumer fiber optic hack", has been successfully achieved. Why? Never ask me that.

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