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Re:AWS data center latencies, visualized by pclmulqdq on Thursday October 24, 2024 @08:19AM (#41934772)
No, even with proposed inter-satellite routing paths, they are too slow. The trading industry has very much done the math on this.

The comparison is against radio and hollow-core fiber, not conventional fiber.

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Re:AWS data center latencies, visualized by fragmede on Thursday October 24, 2024 @09:01AM (#41935072)
Laser links between satellites have been active since late 2022, or was there some additional improvement you're referring to?
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Re:AWS data center latencies, visualized by pclmulqdq on Thursday October 24, 2024 @09:12AM (#41935168)
I haven't kept track of that, but there is no other improvement. Even with the straightest possible laser links in space, they are too slow.
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