[MLB-WIRELESS] Whats Faster ??

[Matt Pearce]

So essentially most the lag you get in a connection is going to be from the
switching/routing gear not the speed of the actual signal.  Interesting
cause I was wondering if cat5 would be faster the wireless but cause of this
but I guess that all things being equal they should be the same :-)

Thanks,

Matt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Haigh" <netwiz at optusnet.com.au>
To: "Matt Pearce" <mattpearce at optusnet.com.au>;
<melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Whats Faster ??


> This is an interesting one...
>
> Radio waves travel at the speed of light... Don't know how or why, but
they
> do...
> CAT5 is basically radio over wires (if I recall, it's a 100Mhz signal over
> the CAT5)...
> Fibre is obviously at the speed of light...
>
> I think there'd be a few factors in working out the delay in different
> mediums, I think that light slows down slightly in various substances...
>
> Bottom line, I don't know :)
>
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> Steven Haigh
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt Pearce" <mattpearce at optusnet.com.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:24 PM
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Whats Faster ??
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am wondering what is faster for transfering data. ie. Out of Wireless
> > (2.4Ghz), Copper (Cat5e etc) and Fibre Optic, which signal travels the
> > fastest from point A to point B ??
> >
> > Matt.
> >
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