RE:RE:RE:Fiber optic cable chip breakthrough... and they will still convert the signal back and forth so I would venture that the power savings will still exist. The speed is irrelevent at this moment though pretty fantastical. May be useful for center to center transmission of large volumes though I guess.
No one orders all the information available to their phone too often. lol
All in all, including the fact its not ready to use, non issue.