• jaschen@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Latency is the name of the game if you’re gaming. Copper will always give you the fastest ping times compared to the fastest wifi you can buy.

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      2 years ago

      Wireless has a lower minimum latency than wired, that’s why trading houses set up relay towers from Chicago to NYC, in order to achieve the lowest possible latency for their trades between the two markets.

      Wired gives better stability, due to almost zero interference noise. The primary cause of sucky WiFi speeds/stability, is having too many other people’s routers nearby.

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        2 years ago

        No shit?

        I mean copper runs at 2/3 the speed of light.

        Wireless is pretty much the speed of light.

        I thought they used dedicated fiber for their links.