Hayai Broadband Launch Today (October 26 2011)

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ok, but i'm thinking if i get 0.8mbps from my 2mbps connection,i should get much higher speed with 20mbps! that could reduce the lag..and i did the math,
speed of light=3*10^8m/s
distance=10000miles(say) =16100km=16100000m
so time @ speed of light =16100000(m)/300000000(m/s) =53ms ....what am i missing here??
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the fact that you are not standing on your roof and shooting a light beam to a guy in USA.
 
the fact that you are not standing on your roof and shooting a light beam to a guy in USA.
notice that i added an extra 3200km(2000miles) to the distance smart guy
 
yeah, that compensates for all the twists and turns in the wires, the different types of cables used, delays in hundreds of routers/other networking equipment in between you and USA in processing commands as well as thousands of other variables.but you seem to have very accurately captured them in your 2000 miles figure.
 


yes,when i am told that ping cannot improve because of the 'physics' of it. Moreover the distance covered underseas IS a somewhat straight path with min interuptions in between,since i picked a server on the coastline. And filters are put between the distance to maintain and improve the quality of the signal upon degradation
 
^ its not fiber through and through. After the point of termination at the landing sites its mostly copper etc in which case its more about electrical signals and the concept of resistance comes in. U can't calculate that too at the speed of light. Also there is QoS and congestion along the route.
 
you can get such speeds/pings no doubt..not a big deal. You just have to invest a little bit on an under sea cable like what the stock brokers did on us-europe route.
 
ok, but i'm thinking if i get 0.8mbps from my 2mbps connection,i should get much higher speed with 20mbps! that could reduce the lag..and i did the math,
speed of light=3*10^8m/s
distance=10000miles(say) =16100km=16100000m
so time @ speed of light =16100000(m)/300000000(m/s) =53ms ....what am i missing here??

umm.. speed here reflects the quantity of data flowing into ur computer per second..i know its like comparing oranges to apples but you can visualize it in the form of water being fed into your house by a pipe..when your speed increases the size/width of the pipe increases bringing in more water per second but the speed at which water was flowing remains constant..similarly there is certain time that data packets need to travel over the network..even in best case scenario without any congestion, there is a certain inherent latency of each network which cant be beaten irrespective of the speed of the connection.

latency would vary with the type of network..for eg dial up versus fiber..fiber would be better..but when u already have a fiber connection and opt a faster speed on the same network, ur latency would not necessarily improve..
 
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