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by hervature 1462 days ago
Fiber optics cables are made of glass whose primary constituent is silicon dioxide and/or quartz which are the primary constituents of sand.
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And therefore should be cheap in a naive estimate
To be fair, fiber cable itself is actually pretty cheap in the scheme of things. It's the installation and termination that account for the bulk of the cost
oh okay, thx