[130342] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: A New TransAtlantic Cable System
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Heath Jones)
Fri Oct 1 10:29:22 2010
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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:28:51 +0100
From: Heath Jones <hj1980@gmail.com>
To: Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> Yeah, I wonder when we're gonna see cable that's pumped down to a vacuum in
> the center? :)
Start pumping.. :)
Actually, to my surprise, the refractive index in air is quite close
to a vacuum - so I figured we could set up a laser link between NY and
London, with 'yo mama' sitting in a boat in the middle of the Atlantic
to give it the required bend...
ps. that concludes my very poor attempt at humour.
