[93589] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: U.S./Europe connectivity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E. Seastrom)
Wed Dec 6 06:51:34 2006
To: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:37:30 -0500
In-Reply-To: <OF1906D613.05862D86-ON8025723C.003B8E50-8025723C.003C1AC5@btradianz.com> (Michael Dillon's message of "Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:56:30 +0000")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com writes:
> BTW, the speed of light in fibre is roughly equal to
> the speed of electrons in copper and roughly equal to
> two-thirds the speed of light in a vacuum. You just
> can't move information faster than about 200,000 km/hr.
Slow day at work, Michael? In my universe light in glass moves about
3600 times as fast. :-)
---Rob
