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Re:High-Frequency Traders Push Closer to Light Speed with Cu... by baybal2 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @08:02AM (#25441981)
> But, have the algorithms or technology they develop been taken and used elsewhere?

I bet videogaming companies will go for this fibre, though it wasn't those bank companies doing the research of course.

Imagine, pay $10 a month, and get half the ping than anybody else in Q3.

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Re:High-Frequency Traders Push Closer to Light Speed with Cu... by jgalt212 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @09:44AM (#25443057)
> get half the ping than anybody else

Has a similar effect to using an aimbot (which are dis-allowed).

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