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Speed of light isn't the only factor in latency. Quality of the equipment, routing protocols, etc are far more important since those are the things we can actua
by SteveNuts 9y ago
Speed of light isn't the only factor in latency. Quality of the equipment, routing protocols, etc are far more important since those are the things we can actually change.
- microcolonel 9y agoAnd sometimes more important than either of those, the choice between directional radio and cable of any kind (fiber or copper).
- bri3d 9y agoI strongly suspect that for an average consumer, latency is driven by the TCP stack on every piece of hardware close to the edge (local machine, router, modem, ISP point of presence) to a much higher degree than the transmission medium or backhaul. Consumer internet has a long way to go before it becomes HFT backhaul-grade.
- microcolonel 9y agoWell, for a considerable number of consumer deployments, it appears that internal reflection is the main source of latency. https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2018/01/20/network-latencies-and-speed-of-light/ https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2018/01/20/network-latencies-a...