Bidirectional fiber transceivers are more expensive than standard duplex transceivers, which makes them less economical for large-scale deployments.

“Well, the transceivers are a lot more expensive than standard duplex transceivers. For example, the 25 gig transceivers we got for this project are more than double the cost of the duplex transceivers that we'd use otherwise.”

He suggests that using existing, functional cars to jump-start an old car is more effective than using portable jump packs.

“I would charge it with one of your other cars and see that'll probably bring it around enough to where you can go and I assume you're going to sell it or give it to someone”