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Very roughly 1/3 of the speed of light. One third is lost to the physical medium it seems. What accounts of the remaining third and how much could be plausibl
by tmalsburg2 2y ago
Very roughly 1/3 of the speed of light. One third is lost to the physical medium it seems. What accounts of the remaining third and how much could be plausibly shaved off of it?
- Aeolun 2y agoI think the lines the data goes through are unfortunately not quite as straight as they appear in this visualization. Nor is it light all the way.
- jedberg 2y agoUndersea cable routing. For example there are no undersea cables from Ireland to the European continent. All that traffic has to land in England first and go through a few routers to get sent on its way. South America and Africa are even worse in that regard. Very few if any direct links.