The radio route between NYC and ORD is quite a bit faster than the fastest fiber path, its about 8.5ms vs 13.1ms. They have much better as-the-crow-flies paths,

The radio route between NYC and ORD is quite a bit faster than the fastest fiber path, its about 8.5ms vs 13.1ms. They have much better as-the-crow-flies paths, and the transmission latency is lower.