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Re: ATM (was Re: too many routes)


From: Adrian Bool <aid () u-net net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 14:28:49 +0100 (BST)

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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