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To: carriage_hill

No. Fibre runs around 2/3c. The light doesn’t travel straight along the fibre, it bounces back and forth within the fibre cable.


28 posted on 03/15/2015 8:18:22 AM PDT by Darth Reardon (Is it any wonder I'm not the president?)
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To: Darth Reardon; carriage_hill

Still 2/3c for 3000 miles beats full c for 52000.


48 posted on 03/15/2015 7:45:44 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Television: Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover)
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