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> 16187 mi from NYC to Tokyo to London back to NYC This seems wrong. https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ has ~30,000 mi (48,0
by tantalor 9y ago
> 16187 mi from NYC to Tokyo to London back to NYC
This seems wrong. https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ has ~30,000 mi (48,000 km) from NYC -> London -> Japan -> Seattle.
- mst 9y ago> than sending a packet around the world (16187 mi from NYC to Tokyo to London back to NYC, maybe 30% more due to the cost of running the shortest possible length of fiber). The author gave "as the crow flies" numbers - you might want to contact them to point out their 30% is an underestimate.