glass fiber @ 0.997 c

Tue Mar 26 22:14:10 UTC 2013

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23309-information-superhighway-approaches-light-speed.html
>
> Information superhighway approaches light speed
>
> 18:00 24 March 2013 by Jacob Aron Nothing moves faster than light in a
> vacuum, but large volumes of data can now travel at 99.7 per cent of this
> ultimate speed limit.

Now I guess we find out exactly how much the various financial firms
are willing to pay to shave 0.3 of C off travel time from London to
NYC...

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