[12401] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ATM (was Re: too many routes)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Hays)
Mon Sep 15 09:24:13 1997
From: Ken Hays <hays@scri.fsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:08:25 -0400
To: "Susan R. Harris" <srh@merit.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970915084334.14846C-100000@home.merit.edu>
Reply-To: Ken Hays <hays@scri.fsu.edu>
SWAGs from another corner embedded below.
"Susan R. Harris" wrote on 15-Sep-97 at 08:46:24 -0400, in part:
>> Photons propagate at 0.65c in fibre - the exact speed does vary
>> depending on whether its single or multimode fibre.
>
>Hi Geoff - not to reveal my ignorance or anything, but ... is that 65
>degrees celcius?
No, it is not on the thermometer. It is the speed of light.
As in E=mc**2.
>
>> The equivalent EMR propagation speed in coppr is 0.75c
>
>What is EMR?
>
Electro Magnetic Radiation.
Later, Ken
