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minus-squareXtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoThe earth has a circumference of 25,000 miles, and the speed of light in a fiber cable is 124,000 miles per second, so going the whole way around the earth would take .2 seconds(assuming you could send a signal that far).
minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoSure, but infrastructure is not just fiber, and there is a lot of stuff in between your long stretches of fiber. I’m not a sys ops guy, but I can pull from different data centers and see measurable differences This is a pretty well known phenomenon. That’s why we have cloud data centers located close to major metro areas.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThat’s… Not how internet infrastructure works. And cables are not in straight lines between you and the destination.
The earth has a circumference of 25,000 miles, and the speed of light in a fiber cable is 124,000 miles per second, so going the whole way around the earth would take .2 seconds(assuming you could send a signal that far).
Sure, but infrastructure is not just fiber, and there is a lot of stuff in between your long stretches of fiber.
I’m not a sys ops guy, but I can pull from different data centers and see measurable differences
This is a pretty well known phenomenon. That’s why we have cloud data centers located close to major metro areas.
That’s… Not how internet infrastructure works.
And cables are not in straight lines between you and the destination.