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by pdovy 5109 days ago
The use case for this would be communication between different colocations, which is where the networking "race" really is for HFT. For example, to arb products on the CME vs. the equities exchanges in the New York area (really colocated in various places in NJ).

At any rate, as the author mentions this isn't really a feasible technology.