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Light travels 47% slower in a fiber optic cable than it does in the vacuum of space. [1] [1] https://youtu.be/giQ8xEWjnBs?t=288 https://youtu.be/giQ8xEWjnBs?t=
by PopeDotNinja 6y ago
Light travels 47% slower in a fiber optic cable than it does in the vacuum of space. [1]
[1] https://youtu.be/giQ8xEWjnBs?t=288 https://youtu.be/giQ8xEWjnBs?t=288 (the whole video is worth watching, but that timestamp answers your specific question.
- raducu 6y agoToo lazy to watch it -- does it take into account the multiple criss-crossing satellite hops? I watched it -- no it doesn't :) It is comparing fiberoptics latency with straight line light propagation. So the worst case scenario of non-existing inter-satellite communication could easily be worse than fiberoptics. But I guess if the hedgefunds knew exactly which packet travels in a straight line, they could send one packet via Starlink and others via fiberoptics.