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From: josh@klaatu.rutgers.edu (J Storrs Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Not bigger than a breadbox
Keywords: small, little, of modest size, portable, compact, miniature
Message-ID: <Mar.14.21.03.09.1989.8758@klaatu.rutgers.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 89 02:03:14 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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> 3000 miles x (50 microns)^2 = .012 cubic meters, or about 12 liters.
> 	Paul F. Dietz

Right you are.  I'm gonna fire my blackboard.   :^)

You still don't want to go through 3000 miles of fiber in one shot.
Your best bet is to have as many small loops as you can afford drivers
for-- the whole thing is very similar to disk in terms of latency etc.

--JoSH