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Interesting observation about power use. How close do you think we are to it being practical to wire your whole home with fiber instead of CAT6 or whatever? If you're providing all your own equipment, are willing to purchase a high-end splicer for maintenance, etc.

For laptops I assume you need USB/Thunderbolt adapters. (Still no SFP+ or SFP28 module for Framework?)

For desktops you'd use an SFP28 card (taking up a PCIe slot).

For devices like Raspberry Pi's, etc. you'd use... local RJ45 switches with optical uplink ports?

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Wiring ports for humans to use in a flexible and future proof manner (as in a single family home, for instance) gains a lot of utility with PoE.

The convenience and flexibility of PoE would always push me towards copper wiring.

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