video We’re huge fans of the comedy duo Clarke and Dawe, who have long brought their cutting brand of satire to the ABC’s flagship 7:30 current affairs show. And what better subject for this week’s episode than the Coalition’s new National Broadband Network policy? It all goes very smoothly for the pair — until they get past the node, when a more unusual broadband delivery method presents itself. Happy Friday :)
LOL, saw that yesterday. When they got onto the speed of light, speed of sound thing, I thought oh no, please don’t make those claims, thankfully they didn’t. I sort of cringe when some NBN supporters starts claiming fibre is faster because it travels at the speed of light.
I sort of cringe when some NBN supporters starts claiming fibre is faster because it travels at the speed of light.
Well of course the fibre gets nowhere near the speed of light. It really doesn’t move much at all….
As to the data traveling in an optical fibre: It always travels at the speed of light.
What throws those with no or little physics clues is the fact that the speed of light varies depending on the medium through which it is passing.
Some new fibre technology recently demonstrated a speed of 73.7 terabits per second (or nearly 10 terabytes per second), hitting 99.7 percent of the speed of light in a vacuum.
It sure beats copper 8-)
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As to the data traveling in an optical fibre: It always travels at the speed of light.
WRONG, it travels about 2/3 of the speed of light.
What throws those with no or little physics clues is the fact that the speed of light varies depending on the medium through which it is passing.
If you already knew it was wrong, why make the first statement? Why do people never give up on being wrong, even when this has been covered so many times already?
Some new fibre technology recently demonstrated a speed of 73.7 terabits per second (or nearly 10 terabytes per second), hitting 99.7 percent of the speed of light in a vacuum.
Bits per second is not latency, and latency is not bits per second. The speed of light is wavefront propagation velocity, unrelated concept to data throughput, not remotely the same thing.
Delimiter probably needs some standard answer links or something…
Yes, the data travels at the speed of light.
The fact that it’s not travelling in a vacuum (people keep forgetting that little caveat), and that it’s bouncing around the inside of a fibre, does not change that fact. Nor does the fact that when you time it from end to end it’s taking longer than light would, IF that light were travelling in a direct line through that same medium.
hey… as long as that bike has a bell !!!
maybe some tassel’s on the handlebar… and those things in the spokes that make it go clackitty clack..
If you work it out, a cyclist doing a “last mile” carrying a backpack full of hard drives is much higher throughput than any NBN fiber. But the ping time on fiber is better.
Really depends on your application which is better.
Love these guys
Brilliant. Thanks. :-)
Mind if I just point out how bloody insane it is.
First, the government builds a copper network.
Second, the coalition sells that copper network. Fair enough.
Third, the coalition announces we buy back that copper network and that it won’t be a problem. In a FOXTEL studio, chosen specifically for that purpose, half owned by owners of that copper network. And ensure that what you do with it will be useful for entertainment only, ensuring you ignore upload speeds as best as possible.
Excuse me, but isn’t this complete and total insanity by a party potentially going to be in government???
How many times, in the history of mankind, has it ever happened that someone sold something and bought it back without someone getting screwed over?
For completeness you might want to mention that the ALP already committed $11 billion to leasing the pits and ducts back from the current owners.
Apparently…”you only get one Alan Bond (or Coalition) in your lifetime” ;)
bloody genius.
Now my favourite ahead of “The front fell off” :-D
‘The front fell off’ is my all-time favourite :)
this one is more of a visual joke I reckon..
The Front Fell Off is a one man Larry Curly Moe skit :-)
I love clarke and dawe :D. My favourite was the asylum seeker one where both parties were saying the same thing
I am waiting for the obvious leap that the NBN will be delivered to the eastern sea board via the new high speed train proposal.
awesome, thanks for the laugh :D
“Abbott’s” Facial expressions are pure gold
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