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		closeparen on May 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together You could imagine commercial/institutional sites hundreds to thousands of miles apart with <10ms latency on dedicated fiber.

tomklein on May 19, 2021 [–]

Wouldn’t that be way faster than the speed of light?

gearhart on May 19, 2021 | [–]

Depends how many thousands ;) light travels about 3000km in 10ms

https://www.google.com/search?q=speed+of+light+*+10ms

soVeryTired on May 19, 2021 | | [–]

That’s in a vacuum, in a straight line. In fibre optic cable, light travels around two thirds of that speed.

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