[ih] Internet without entrenched factions?

[John Levine]

It appears that Karl Auerbach via Internet-history <karl at iwl.com> 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