It is pretty confusing that we refer to the volume of data as speed in networks.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
optical fiber speed record
Isn’t that simply the speed of light, always? ;-)
snooggums@kbin.social 11 months ago
the_tab_key@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We don’t. The measure is bits/s, which is a speed because it’s measured relative to time. 1 TB is a volume/amount, 1TB/s is a speed.
ThankYouVeryMuch@kbin.social 11 months ago
Nope, if we are talking about the actual speed of the signal optical fiber is relatively slow at ~1/3 c, compared to air or copper where it's almost c. They're using 'speed' meaning bandwidth. A van full of sd cards would have a massive bandwidth, but a very slow actual speed
Kazumara@feddit.de 11 months ago
Actually it’s about 2/3 c, the refractive index is around 1.47
DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cool information, thanks!