Clark Reynard says:
However, when people start doing genuinely exotic things, such as emailing their entire genome to their doctor;
The human genome fits nicely in 1GB. Mere Gigabit networks could allow you to send your whole genome in seconds -- and fiber can do many orders of magnitude better than that.
or emailing vast files on self-administered MRI tests to the hospital;
A complete MRI scan can be sent on a gigabit network in mere moments, too, and again, fiber can do far better than that.
or transmitting graphical images of components for something as simple as factory work;
If you can send a thousand video signals down your fiber at once, sending complete plans for a factory to build Fords, and the complete plans for the cars, will likely take a wink of an eye. Perry