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Internet latency and physics - Two Plus Two Poker Forum
I was wondering if the maximum internet latency (lag) speeds are already at theoretical maximum according to the law of physics or if it's a technical issue and with a better cable you can improve?
Because the speed of light is about 300,000 km/sec.
The earth has 40,000km circunference, therefore if you were to ping an ip address on polar oposited it would take 20,000/300,000 = or 0.06 sec or 60ms.
For the signal to travel the distance of the fiber optic cable.
My understanding of physics is pretty null and this may be complete bull**** but If this is the case then 1000 years from now people will still be playing quake3 on chinese server with 60ms lag?
Cant be true
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Pretty much yes, unless quantum state teleportation takes over (which they have done in closed short distances already), in which case it would be reduced to as fast as the routers can handle the traffic on the local switching.
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Just play local games and have a ping <= 20ms.
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Quote: : Pretty much yes, unless quantum state teleportation takes over (which they have done in closed short distances already), in which case it would be reduced to as fast as the routers can handle the traffic on the local switching.
Huh? This is not true.
The speed of light is the limit on which information can be transmitted, no experimentally tested (or non-crackpot imo) theory says anything different.
OP, it would require a MAJOR change to the laws of physics to do any better.
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Quote: : Raker Huh?
This is not true.
The speed of light is the limit on which information can be transmitted, no experimentally tested (or non-crackpot imo) theory says anything different.
OP, it would require a MAJOR change to the laws of physics to do any better.
Oh yeah?
Then how can God communicate with us?
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I reckon quake 5 will be out by then.
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Quote: : I was wondering if the maximum internet latency (lag) speeds are already at theoretical maximum according to the law of physics or if it's a technical issue and with a better cable you can improve?
Because the speed of light is about 300,000 km/sec.
The earth has 40,000km circunference, therefore if you were to ping an ip address on polar oposited it would take 20,000/300,000 = or 0.06 sec or 60ms.
For the signal to travel the distance of the fiber optic cable.
My understanding of physics is pretty null and this may be complete bull**** but If this is the case then 1000 years from now people will still be playing quake3 on chinese server with 60ms lag?
Cant be true You could take a more direct route with the signal.
The earth's diameter = 13,000 km = 40ms at light speed.
Or possibly we will find ways to transmit signals through quantum-scale wormholes or something.
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Quote: : I reckon quake 5 will be out by then.
But Duke Nukem Forever probably won't be.
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Quote: : THE internet could soon be made obsolete.
The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, the grid will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.
The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images;
Allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players;
And offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.
Http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3689881.ece
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Quote: : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3689881.ece Bandwidth and latency are two things.
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