Great link. Interesting how Stephenson believed in 1996 (probably correctly) that a directly wired connection from Manhattan to London was faster than a non dir

Great link. Interesting how Stephenson believed in 1996 (probably correctly) that a directly wired connection from Manhattan to London was faster than a non direct connection from Manhattan to the Bronx. Nowadays the speed of light is a good reason why the Bronx is a possible location for High Frequency Trading in Wall Street while London is not. (My calculations say it takes 40ms for light to travel London to NY).