Quora seems like basically a social media platform with algorithms as gatekeepers and for ranking answers. See today’s Dilbert for advice on winning debates on social media.
From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] OT quora I answered a question about max data capacity of a coax: First, it depends on the size of the cables. Coax has a cut off frequency that decreases with the diameter of the cable. Smaller diameter cables can convey more info. Then there is the Shannon equations <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_capacity> Channel capacity - Wikipedia So noise, transmitter power, receiver noise figure etc all have to be taken into account. But let’s consider a 1 inch coax. You might get 5 GHz through it. With very high order modulation you might get 16 bits per hertz. So 80 GBps in a lab setting may be possible. But this does not even scratch the surface of what a fiber can do in a much smaller size. There is no good reason to use coax if you want high data rates over a distance. Fiber will always be better. I got a notice that I had violated their spam policy and the answer was deleted.... Funny, wikipedia is spam I guess. Not I know not to reference that evil spam wikipedia....
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