[93591] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: U.S./Europe connectivity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Harrowell)
Wed Dec 6 08:10:03 2006
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:53:06 +0000
From: "Alexander Harrowell" <a.harrowell@gmail.com>
To: "David Temkin" <dave@rightmedia.com>
Cc: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <F954425D51016944BA33ECE28561C3450451A1EE@CBA0E2K06.CBA0.centerbeam.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
"You cannae break the laws of physics, Captain!"
Seriously, LINX is the obvious first step.
On 12/6/06, David Temkin <dave@rightmedia.com> wrote:
>
> Have you ever had to use Radianz' service? :-)
>
> (disclaimer: it's far, far better nowadays)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On
> > Behalf Of Robert E. Seastrom
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:38 AM
> > To: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
> > Cc: nanog@nanog.org
> > Subject: Re: U.S./Europe connectivity
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
>
