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Gravitylosstoday at 9:56 AM1 replyview on HN

Hmm one would expect heat expansion to change the length of fiber over tens of kilometers. Does it also affect light speed in the fiber? I think consumer fiber is not buried very deep on average, but maybe for these use cases you use something hefty anyway.


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tempaytoday at 5:28 PM

It doesn't matter if the length changes provided:

* you measure the round trip time often enough

* the shift affects light in both directions equally