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Did your friend say 10,000 times faster or 10,000 times bandwidth? By using different color simultaneously , you can stuff more data but I can’t imagine it beco
by akg_67 8y ago
Did your friend say 10,000 times faster or 10,000 times bandwidth? By using different color simultaneously , you can stuff more data but I can’t imagine it becoming faster than speed of light it already travels at.
- eastdakota 8y agoFor a bit, yes. For N bits, more bandwidth means more effective speed.
- swombat 8y agoWell, no, not unless you define speed as “bandwidth”. If it takes 1ms for the 1 bit to get to the other side, it’s still going to take 1ms for N bits to get to the other side, even N-multiplexed. It’s the bandwidth that’s improved with multiplexing.
- stingraycharles 8y agoWhile you're technically correct, isn't it pretty much an accepted fact that when people refer to the "speed" of internet, they are actually talking about bandwidth? E.g. "how fast is your internet", etc. It's of little value to the end user to know how fast a bit travels, all they care about is how fast they can download.
- 00deadbeef 8y agoI'm sure he knows that and is just being pedantic for the sake of it
- swombat 8y agoOn HN? Never!