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0 pointssamatman3y ago0 comments

Another good point, and one I thought about before replying, but that doesn't make microwaves slower, it makes them inapplicable.

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pushrax3y ago

In theory having fewer repeaters improves latency, probably in the range of 100ns per repeater. I don't know how much of a practical effect that has, likely very minimal with modern implementations.

Either way it's more sensible to build high throughput microwave networks given the tiny amount of shortwave bandwidth we have.

ericbarrett3y ago

I bet it's way lower than 100ms for this application. Single digits. Maybe less.

pushrax3y ago

I wrote 100ns, and meant an analog repeater. Full digital regeneration is probably in the 1-10μs range.

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pushrax3y ago

In theory having fewer repeaters improves latency, probably in the range of 100ns per repeater. I don't know how much of a practical effect that has, likely very minimal with modern implementations.

Either way it's more sensible to build high throughput microwave networks given the tiny amount of shortwave bandwidth we have.

ericbarrett3y ago

I bet it's way lower than 100ms for this application. Single digits. Maybe less.

pushrax3y ago

I wrote 100ns, and meant an analog repeater. Full digital regeneration is probably in the 1-10μs range.

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