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Examples for the speed of lightExamples for the speed of lightPosted Aug 10, 2012 0:28 UTC (Fri) by paulproteus (subscriber, #69280)Parent article: TCP Fast Open: expediting web services The article says: At intercontinental distances, this physical limitation means that—leaving aside router latencies—transmission through the medium alone requires several millisecondsTo be more concrete:
You have: 1 mile
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Examples for the speed of light Posted Aug 10, 2012 1:27 UTC (Fri) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
it's actually a bit longer than these times as the speed of light you are listing is the speed of light through a vacuum, going through fiber is noticeably slower.
Examples for the speed of light Posted Aug 10, 2012 1:30 UTC (Fri) by paulproteus (subscriber, #69280) [Link]
Interesting point!
http://blog.advaoptical.com/speed-light-fiber-first-build... suggests that one should expect approximately a 33% increase in these times for the fiber optics.
(Additionally, they should be doubled due to round-trip time, as per my follow-up comment.)
Examples for the speed of light (Correction) Posted Aug 10, 2012 1:28 UTC (Fri) by paulproteus (subscriber, #69280) [Link]
One correction to the above note: One should *double* these numbers for *round*-trip time. These are one-way times.
Examples for the speed of light Posted Oct 2, 2012 8:17 UTC (Tue) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]
Do fibers follow great-circle routes already? I expected that to take longer to happen.
Examples for the speed of light Posted Oct 12, 2012 12:04 UTC (Fri) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641) [Link]
You can see the routes here:
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