"wires do not transmit data at the speed of light"
Uh, yeah they do fuck wit. Sea bottom cables are fiber optic for one. Even your table lamp sends electrons to it at the speed of light.
In the case of an electrical cord connecting a table lamp or some other household item to a power source, the copper wire inside the cord acts as the conductor. This energy travels as electromagnetic waves at about the speed of light, which is 670,616,629 miles per hour,1 or 300 million meters per second.
The last two sentences on page 388 explain that optical fiber that allows light to travel 67% of the speed of light comply with IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards.
I was hoping you were not a total fuck wit, but you really are. Yeah, electromagnetic energy travels at the speed of light less 30% outside a vacuum. For all practical purposes, wired energy is fucking fast. So thanks for nit-picking a point.
With fiber cables, data is transmitted via pulses of light across thin strands of glass, enabling fiber-optic cable speed that is near the speed of light.
"wires do not transmit data at the speed of light"
Uh, yeah they do fuck wit. Sea bottom cables are fiber optic for one. Even your table lamp sends electrons to it at the speed of light.
In the case of an electrical cord connecting a table lamp or some other household item to a power source, the copper wire inside the cord acts as the conductor. This energy travels as electromagnetic waves at about the speed of light, which is 670,616,629 miles per hour,1 or 300 million meters per second.
IEEE Standard for Ethernet https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/1050839507018/IEEE%20Standard%20for%20Ethernet.pdf
The last two sentences on page 388 explain that optical fiber that allows light to travel 67% of the speed of light comply with IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards.
I was hoping you were not a total fuck wit, but you really are. Yeah, electromagnetic energy travels at the speed of light less 30% outside a vacuum. For all practical purposes, wired energy is fucking fast. So thanks for nit-picking a point.
With fiber cables, data is transmitted via pulses of light across thin strands of glass, enabling fiber-optic cable speed that is near the speed of light.
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