[GRLUG] fiberoptic internet

[Bob Kline]

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Speaking of in principle, if by
> > "wired" one means fiber, nothing
> > will be faster in practice.  20 years
> > ago researches had put over 1,000
> > wavelengths on a single fiber, with
> > 5 nm spacing.  Each wavelength
> > can support 10 Gbps or so with
> > today's technology.
> > Wireless can be fast, but not that
> > fast, and there might not be enough
> > available frequency today to support
> > lots of bandwidth.
>
> You missed the joke. Broadcast and fiber optic both operate on the
> principle of channeling EM radiation.
>
>
> It's a distinction without a difference.
So does coax, and the cord to your
lamp.  As we know, a lamp cord provides
a path for a Poynting vector.  You can
check out the details at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynting_vec

A belated ha ha in any case.

   -- Bob


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