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> They're a top trading firm, whose competitors have spent $300mm to run hundreds of miles of cables to save microseconds in latency. It's microwave towers, an
by qeternity 5y ago
> They're a top trading firm, whose competitors have spent $300mm to run hundreds of miles of cables to save microseconds in latency.
It's microwave towers, and it's to save milliseconds. You're not dealing in mics until you're in the colo.
But those are investments, which will generate huge returns. Throwing $300m to paper over a hack isn't remotely the same.