Re:Network Latencies and Speed of Light
by ericjang on Saturday January 20, 2018 @09:44PM
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Money is no object to HFT firms when it comes to reducing latency. A recent technique involves laying optic fiber cables with hollow interiors, so that the internal refraction of light spends more time in a vacuum and less time slowed down by the pesky glass medium.
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Which is why the regulators really need to get sharper with them vs. what they are doing to the economy. They are front running, destroying value and spending the money on a whole load of tat - a massive case of misallocation of capital. They need to be shuttered.
Re:Network Latencies and Speed of Light
by paulddraper on Sunday January 21, 2018 @11:05AM
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HFT, or Bitcoin?
Stop shoehorning and derailing the conversation please.
It's a shame people don't read the posted articles, they have so much good pondering material.
Re:Network Latencies and Speed of Light
by carterehsmith on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:21PM
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Also, radio towers; because, the fiber (or whatever) cables usually zigzag following the roads or utility poles; meantime, the two radio towers can exchange radio waves traveling in a straight line.
very interesting!! Do you have a source for this? Would like to read up on it
May be of interest: https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2017/05/lines-radios-and-cab...