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> This might as be considered a law of physics - electromagnetic energy will always travel faster, more... through a conductive medium than through air. it act
by kobalsky 4y ago
> This might as be considered a law of physics - electromagnetic energy will always travel faster, more... through a conductive medium than through air.
it actually travels faster through air (no vacuum necessary) than through fiber or copper as those transmit information at 2/3rd of the speed of light while air transmits it at 99% [1].
which is why starlink could in theory achieve better latency than a straight run of fiber optic across the world [2].
this of course doesn't mean that it's better in a mouse because of the overhead of processing such a short distance.
[1] https://archive.is/c859M https://archive.is/c859M
[2] https://youtu.be/QEIUdMiColU?t=238 https://youtu.be/QEIUdMiColU?t=238
- anonym29 4y agoAgreed and upvoted.
- muti 4y agoIn practice, microwave networks are used over long distances precisely because they are lower latency than fibre. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/private-microwave-networks-financial-hft/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/priva...
- kobalsky 4y ago> Right up until you account for interference. could you provide more info? the source I gave you has a real-world example of a wireless link used over fiber to achieve better latency.