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Old 23-07-2015, 12:58   #47
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Re: Virgin Media dropping fibre internet ad for Docsis 3?

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
Correct, how fat the pipe is and how you talk through the pipe matters. Most (>90%) of the latency is caused by the bridges, amplifiers, and repeaters.
And DCF, but Bragg gratings have improved.

Latency in general is just to do with how long the cable is.

A new low latency trans-Atlantic cable is currently being installed, it's secret? It's shorter than all the others (and fewer repeaters).

A few milliseconds advantage for an algorithmic Stoke trade = £100millions
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