On Monday 11 April 2005 01:08, Lennon - Orcon wrote:
> > Working out the speed of light it can go in this time (speed of light =
> > 299792458 ms-1) (meters second to the power of -1) (ms-1(speed) *
> > s(time) = m (distance))
>
> Using correct speed thru fibre = ~1.9 x 10 ^ 8 ms-1 (instead of 3 *
> 10^8ms-1 via vacuum)
> so..
>
> NZ->US = 11780km (62ms * 1.9 x 10 ^ 8 ms-1)
> NZ->AU = 2280km (12ms * 1.9 x 10 ^ 8 ms-1)
>
> Actual Distance (estimated)
> NZ(AK)->US(CA) 10517km
> NZ(AK)->AU(SY) 2157km
>
> So yes working out with the right speed of light thru fibre latency is
> caused by the speed of light which makes more sence :-)

Why use light?
Everyone knows bad-news travels faster...

Fran
:):):)

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