On 3/24/12 01:32 , George Bonser wrote: >> If they could armor the cable sufficiently perhaps they could drill the >> straigh line path through the Earth's crust (mantle and outer core) and >> do London-Tokyo in less than 10,000km.
Current record depth of a borehole is under 12,500 meters which is a bit short of the goal. >> Aled > > I suggested this once when it was decided that the latency from California to > the UK was too high and that I should reduce it. The company wouldn't go for > it, though. Bandwidth delay product has undone many a well laid plan. > G > > >
