[wplug] Fiber speed (was: Moyers & Internet)

[Mike]

On 10/19/06, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net> wrote:
>
> The smart-ass answer to the maximum theoretical speed of fiber is
> 299,792,458 m/s.  :)  But of course you wanted to know the maximum
> data rate.  The answer isn't obvious, because theoretically the
> only limit comes from weird quantum effects which would eventually
> prevent you from distinguishing one photon from another.
>

To be further a smart-ass:  That's the speed of light.  In a vaccuum. It's a
little slower over
glass, depending on the type/quality of the fiber..   Sorry, Couldn't
resist.  :D
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