Re:Why is the Internet so Slow?
by moemoeg on Friday June 23, 2017 @06:16AM
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In the context of the speed of light, it really isn't.
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greydius corrected me asserting that the factor between ligth speed and car speed is 10 millions, and not one million as I said.
But in true there are production cars that pass 430 km/h, resulting in a factor of about 2.5 millions. A lot less than 10 millions.
You should not compare the fastest car speed, but the average car speed, which for this argument would probably be closer to 200km/h. That puts it in a factor of 5 million, which is within one order of magnitude of the original guess.