Re: Internet without entrenched factions?

John Levine via Internet-history <[email protected]> 15 May 2026 18:03:42 -0400
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It appears that Karl Auerbach via Internet-history <[email protected]> said:
>I've had vacuum filled fiber on my catalog of bogus network products for 
>several years.

I wouldn't disagree, but the core of hollow core fiber usually
contains air or an inert gas, so I don't see how it's relevant. The
refractive index of air is 1.0003 so the speed difference vs vacuum is
insignificant.

R's,
John
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