[Year 12 IT Apps] Transmission speeds

[Laurie Savage]

And you can pre-order it on Kindle.

Laurie

Laurie Savage

On 16 March 2015 at 12:50, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> Hi, holiday-anticipators.
>
> While researching network communication speeds (for a children's book I'm
> writing) I discovered a fascinating nugget of knowledge.
>
> In 2012 a record speed was set for bandwidth over a twelve-fibre optic
> cable: 1.05 Petabits per second over 52 km.
>
> My arithmetic has never been great, but I calculated that it equates to
> 122,245 high definition movies (1GB each) per second. One second's
> transmission over that cable would take about 14 years nonstop viewing to
> watch.
>
> This compares to CAT6 cable's 1Gbps, which equates to about 190 copies of
> "To Kill A Mockingbird" per second.
>
> I've written to the IEEE proposing the Mockingbird as a new unit of
> bandwidth. I have not heard back from them yet, but I'm quietly hopeful.
>
> BTW, did you know Harper Lee is publishing the sequel to TKAM this year? "Go
> Set A Watchman
> <http://www.amazon.com/Go-Set-Watchman-Harper-Lee/dp/0062409859/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426470123&sr=8-1&keywords=go+set+a+watchman>"
> is due for release in 4 months.
>
> --
>
> *"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and
> he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett*
>
> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
> http://vceit.com
>
>
>
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