U.S./Europe connectivity

Wed Dec 6 12:18:48 UTC 2006

Have you ever had to use Radianz' service? :-)

(disclaimer:  it's far, far better nowadays)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On 
> Behalf Of Robert E. Seastrom
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:38 AM
> To: Michael.Dillon at btradianz.com
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Re: U.S./Europe connectivity
> 
> 
> 
> Michael.Dillon at 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
> 
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