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Signals are fast, electrons are slow - on the order of a quarter of a millimeter per second.
> the drift speed through a copper wire of cross-sectional area 3.00 x 10-6 m^2, with a current of 10 A will be approximately 2.5 x 10-4 m/s
https://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae69.cfm
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Signals are fast, electrons are slow - on the order of a quarter of a millimeter per second.
> the drift speed through a copper wire of cross-sectional area 3.00 x 10-6 m^2, with a current of 10 A will be approximately 2.5 x 10-4 m/s
https://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae69.cfm