26 points
Something tells me you’re not getting sub 100ms latency with broadband over 19 million miles
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9 points
Actually, most latency issues at that scale are due to the relays themselves. Earth diameter is only 42 light-ms
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1 point
I mean, if their point was that a straight-shot laser had lower point-to-point latency than a system with a bunch of non-direct links, intermediate switches, routers, mix of copper and fiber, etc… Well, no kidding.
Didn’t say anything about 100ms though. I was guessing maybe they read 100ms though. Still not sure what the point was.
