[LINK] faster network

[David Lochrin]

On Monday 14 July 2008 15:21, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> While I love the technology, I really hate the dill-brained reporting.
> Could any journalist learn the difference between something designed for
> the "big pipe" backbone network and something designed for the consumer
> Internet, and keep that distinction?

   While we're on the subject of dill-brained reporting, the report also says:
>>> this switch only takes one picosecond to change tracks 
>>> (meaning that in one second the switch is turning on and off 
>>> about one million times).  

   Ah well, who cares whether its switching time is 10**-6 or 10**-12 second after all?  (:-)

David