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Speaking from ignorance here but 10s of milliseconds sounds way too high.

This Wikipedia article [1] shows the standard Chicago to NJ connection at 14.5ms roundtrip and the dark fiber line Michael Lewis talks about in Flash Boys at 13ms.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_Networks




You're right. The microwave link was ~2 millis faster. Just misremembered. Sorry.




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