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connicpu
340 days ago
~200,000km/s is the speed of light in fiber optics. Electromagnetic propagation in copper is more like 99% c.
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layer8
340 days ago
The insulating material significantly decreases the propagation speed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity_factor#Typical_veloci...
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