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ahachete
3y ago
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Light travels much slower (~1.5x slower) on a fiber optic, due to the refractive index (~ 1.5) of the fiber.
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osigurdson
3y ago
Yes, but that is not even the lowest latency technology available today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity_factor
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