2012-03-12
post/19196958583
quote 21:28:05
“ The demands are such that the 220 or so milliseconds it takes to reach Tokyo from London by maritime routes is now too long for some. Cloud computing, gaming, Skype, and financial trading are badly affected by “latency”, or delays in transmission. Demand for ultra-low latency connections is helping to drive a surge in construction. Four routes have recently opened up across the Asian continent and companies are selling links that will get your data packet to Tokyo in just 194 milliseconds. ”
Frank Pope, in 20,000 terabytes under the sea, which somehow I got at through a gap in The Times paywall. (via)
