On 11/06/2010 09:42 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > On 11/6/2010 4:53 PM, Leland Jackson wrote: >> Some interesting trivia: >> >> On a related note, the bandwidth over normal fiber optic cables has been >> quadrupled. Traditionally, the binary code was carried in blinks of >> "on" or "off" light, much like morse code could be communicated by flash >> light. >> >> Light has both wave and particle properties, so its both, I guess. To >> increase the bandwidth of fiber optic cable by a factor of 4, the light >> wave is broken down into four separate frequency ranges. Each frequency >> range can carry its own binary code as the light wave propagates through >> the fiber optic glass. This quadruples the bandwidth over fiber optic. >> >> The speed of the light propagating through the fiber optic cable is only >> 66.67% the normal speed of light, (eg C), while the speed of propagation >> through a UTP cable, which uses copper wire, is 90% of C. Propagation >> through copper wire is faster than propagation through fiber optic. LOL > > So replacing the old copper with fiber optic is making it slower? lol >
I couldn't find the link I used to compare propagation speeds, but the below link is even more detailed than the one I originally used: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1007097 Below is an article that appeared in the New York Times recently. I intended to include it in the origianl post, but forgot: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/business/10novel.html?_r=1&src=busln Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
