[12404] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ATM (was Re: too many routes)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adrian Bool)
Mon Sep 15 09:37:51 1997
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 14:28:49 +0100 (BST)
From: Adrian Bool <aid@u-net.net>
To: "Susan R. Harris" <srh@merit.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970915084334.14846C-100000@home.merit.edu>
On Mon 15 Sep, Susan R. Harris wrote:
> > 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?
65% the speed of light in a vacuum ?
> > The equivalent EMR propagation speed in coppr is 0.75c
>
> What is EMR?
Electo-Magnetic Radiation. Electrons don't count as EMR do they though,
(hell they have a mass!) so data in the form we transmit it down
copper won't move at this speed will it?
aid
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