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60 ms cross-continent
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 09:24:11 -0700
Howdy, Why is latency between the east and west coasts so bad? Speed of light accounts for about 15ms each direction for a 30ms round trip. Where does the other 30ms come from and why haven't we gotten rid of it? c = 186,282 miles/second 2742 miles from Seattle to Washington DC mainly driving I-90 2742/186282 ~= 0.015 seconds Thanks, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin bill () herrin us https://bill.herrin.us/
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- 60 ms cross-continent William Herrin (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Joe Greco (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Tim Požár (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Tim Durack (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Tim Durack (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Dave Cohen (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Mel Beckman (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Wayne Bouchard (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Saku Ytti (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Bryan Fields (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Martin Hannigan (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Tim Durack (Jun 20)
- Re: 60 ms cross-continent Joe Greco (Jun 20)