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Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms

From: Joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:00:13 +0100

On 3/24/12 01:32 , George Bonser wrote:

If they could armor the cable sufficiently perhaps they could drill the
straigh line path through the Earth's crust (mantle and outer core) and
do London-Tokyo in less than 10,000km.


Current record depth of a borehole is under 12,500 meters which is a bit
short of the goal.

Aled


I suggested this once when it was decided that the latency from California to the UK was too high and that I should 
reduce it.  The company wouldn't go for it, though.


Bandwidth delay product has undone many a well laid plan.

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Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms, (continued)
- - - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Marshall Eubanks (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms George Herbert (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Simon Lyall (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms George Herbert (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Marshall Eubanks (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms George Herbert (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Marshall Eubanks (Mar 24)
  - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Barry Shein (Mar 23)
  - RE: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms George Bonser (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joel jaeggli (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joly MacFie (Mar 24)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Nick Hilliard (Mar 24)
  - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Tei (Mar 26)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joe Loiacono (Mar 26)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 26)
- Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 23)
  - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Joel jaeggli (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Nick Hilliard (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms ポール・ロラン (Mar 23)
    - Re: $1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms Christopher Morrow (Mar 23)

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