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>>alden5+(OP)
So which points are getting “faster than fibre” latency because of this? Extra distance up and down, but make up for it on the long-haul.

Won’t beat HF radio though.

>>Scound+ld5
Why would we expect faster than fibre?

>>edgyqu+Eg5
The speed of light in a vacuum is roughly 50% higher than the speed of light in fiber.

>>Cu3PO4+Fh5
I will note that this is the case for conventional fiber-optic cable. The newer hollow-core fiber cables transmit light at nearly c. As far as I know hollow-core has not seen wide-spread use, but it will be interesting if trans-continental connections switch over.

>>ortusd+uO5
Will adopting the new cables everywhere mean nearly halving latency all across the board? Sans routing latencies.

This would be huge for realtime gaming across continents.