• naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Nah dude, every time I’ve checked my routing the rtt is basically speed of light. Like it’s 200 ms give or take to LA. As the Crow flies that’s 24000 km, which would be 80 ms RTT. idk the exact route but we can probably add say 30% in the distance cause those cables aren’t dead straight and there’s a bit of waggle around the actual network infrastructure.

    like yeah maybe half is the processing but that fraction only gets smaller with distance and LA is like the closest English speaking hub.

    edit: just ran a test now https://www.meter.net/ping-test/202404-92320-2f35.html that’s theoretically 90 ms so yeah, even if that distance is accurate it’s 60% light speed limits.