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Re:Why the NBN needs to go the full way by retrogradeorbit on Friday September 06, 2013 @01:45AM (#6338886)
Yes, but the electric field that forms as a circuit closes travels at the speed of light.
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Re:Why the NBN needs to go the full way by 2muchcoffeeman on Saturday September 07, 2013 @07:01AM (#6344688)
I am not sure what you are talking about. When you push data down a wire you are definitely not close to c.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_delay

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