[mythtv-users] Way OT: High-speed Data Service Delivery

Ian Clark mrrooster at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 09:22:55 UTC 2011


On 12 July 2011 22:00, Jason Long <jlong at jasonlong.com> wrote:
[snip]
> Further to my point is that since fiber propagates bits at ~speed of light, the delay
> introduced is negligible when calculating an answer to the question "How long to
> transfer CentOS over a DS3".

Sorry for diving in a bit here, and apologies for my ignorance, but
surely the propagation speed over copper is approx the speed of light,
and over fiber it /is/ the speed of light (in whatever medium the
fibre is made of?)

Cheers,

Ian


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