<div dir="ltr">Hi, holiday-anticipators.<div><br></div><div>While researching network communication speeds (for a children's book I'm writing) I discovered a fascinating nugget of knowledge.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2012 a record speed was set for bandwidth over a twelve-fibre optic cable: 1.05 Petabits per second over 52 km.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>This compares to CAT6 cable's 1Gbps, which equates to about 190 copies of "To Kill A Mockingbird" per second.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>BTW, did you know Harper Lee is publishing the sequel to TKAM this year? "<a href="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">Go Set A Watchman</a>" is due for release in 4 months.<div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>"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</i><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><br></span></div><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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