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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by danaliv on Thursday February 04, 2021 @03:34PM (#26029470)
For point 1, is the depth of the ocean significant compared to the distances traversed? My back-of-the-envelope math suggests it’s less than half a percent for a cable from New York to England. (6 miles down + 6 miles up, divided by rough great circle distance of 2600 nautical miles.)

I would think a bigger factor would be that the cables (IIRC) don't go in straight lines (which you did allude to).

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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by sandworm101 on Thursday February 04, 2021 @04:14PM (#26029873)
Correct. The ocean bottom is relatively flat once away from the continents. Also, the submarine cable actually has a very slight advantage over a surface cable as at several thousand feet below it is following a slightly smaller radius curve. I'm waiting for the HFT firm to bore a literally strait hole between London and New York. Then we know that HFT has gone too far.
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by bigiain on Thursday February 04, 2021 @08:42PM (#26032081)
Like the Alameda Weehawken Burrito Tunnel?

(Since somebody else has already mentioned the pinboardiness of these comments... https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_... )

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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by TeMPOraL on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:30AM (#26035604)
This is fiction? Right? Please tell me there is no actual tunnel that transports burritos from west to east coast of the United States.
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by bigiain on Sunday February 07, 2021 @06:09PM (#26059091)
You've never eaten a piping hot El Farolito burrito in the snow in Central Park? You haven't lived!!!
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by lxgr on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:21AM (#26035144)
Wait what?
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by lxgr on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:23AM (#26035160)
We're not too far off – HFT is already digging tunnels [0] and building microwave relay paths [1].

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/14/opinion/krugman-three-exp...

[1] https://www.amsterdamtrader.com/2014/09/hft-in-my-backyard.h...

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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by firethief on Thursday February 04, 2021 @06:54PM (#26031221)
Surely it would be easier to use neutrinos?
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by SignalNotSecure on Friday February 05, 2021 @01:40AM (#26033742)
I thought quantum entanglement solved the HFT use case
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by lxgr on Friday February 05, 2021 @06:36AM (#26035233)
Quantum entanglement does not allow FTL communications (which would break causality).
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by tecleandor on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:47AM (#26141008)
Ah, but you don't need FTL, you just need FTF (Faster Than Fiber) :D
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by foota on Thursday February 04, 2021 @04:27PM (#26030003)
Think of the shipping opportunities!
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Re:Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does... by jholman on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:23PM (#26032707)
Agreed. As we probably all know, the earth is smoother than a regulation billiard ball wrapped in 1000-grit sandpaper.
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