Backup servers?

[rog]

research is needed before blasting someone. Fibre optic cable is ran throughout the whole world. This cable allows instant data transmission.

I'm afraid i stopped reading when i saw the word instant, without any kind of qualifier.

protip: light does not travel at 300 Mm across fiber optic cables, it's slower. It takes ~40 ms to get from japan to california via fiber optic cable. The east coast of the us is more like 55 ms. That of course assume a single signal, which obviously isn't the case. It will get slowed down as it hops through various servers.

[NightDagger]

I believe that light travels through fibre optic cable with the proper booster at a rate of approx 2/3 the speed of light. I do know the word "instant" is not the proper word to use, but for the people that do not understand what latency is then it is a close to "instant" as can get. a 20-40ms latency is pretty good considering if you were to go by satellite or radio frequency you would be 100 ms or even higher depending on the distance you are from the repeater.

The amount of data that can be sent over fibre optic is incredible. I was reading that you are now able to reach speeds of 100 Gbit/s compared to 10-20 Gbit/s that older lines/systems are running. This does allow a lot of data to be sent to remote destinations at an extremely fast rate. The 40ms that you are talking about is faster then you blink your eyes. Now you are really making an argument about that?

I know i have bad latency due to the fact that I have to get wireless high speed internet where i live. I have a 75 ft. tower that receives a radio signal from a tower that is no more then 1/2 mile away. my latency ranges from 45-130 ms. I really envy people ho live in large cities getting "true" high speed internet with a latency of 10-20 constantly, that would make my FF gaming experience so much better.

[rog]

The 40ms that you are talking about is faster then you blink your eyes. Now you are really making an argument about that?

Yes. It takes a bare minimum of 55 ms to get from japan to the east coast, and realistically takes considerably longer. Latencies of over 200 ms are pretty standard. It may not be a huge difference, but there absolutely is a difference.

[Alhanelem]

Yes. It takes a bare minimum of 55 ms to get from japan to the east coast

55ms? in a dream world. even 200 is low.

[rog]

55ms? in a dream world. even 200 is low.

Yes, in a dream world. Light travels across fiber optic cables at aprox 200 Mm/s. By bare minimum, i meant theoretical minimum. 200 ms is low, but not unrealistic.