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Mark Kent wrote: > > Rob Barron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A good way to visualize this is to imagine a long pipe with an > >> inside diameter just large enough to hold a ping pong ball > > Those of you who want the Internet described in terms of elementary > particles might also be interested in a bit of detail left off > by Rob Barron: > > A ping pong ball is 37.2mm to 38.2mm in diameter and > weighs 2.40 to 2.53 grams. > > So a 40mm inside diameter seems to be called for. It's also very important to use high-quality balls. This leads to lower BER (Ball Error Rates) Also, larger bandwidth facilities may be represented by volleyballs, basketballs and in the near future, cageballs. :) -rob
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