rocketpig on 20 February 2008
| sc94597 said: @rocketpig ? If a internet speed was the speed of light( which it isn't) It could circle the planet 7 times in a second. I'm confused of the meaning of what you said. |
Internet connections travel at virtually the speed of light. The slowdown is caused by material slowing it down over cables, atmospheric interference, etc. In theory, an unabated signal would travel at the speed of light. Most console servers people in the ME are playing on are not located in the ME.
Meaning that the signal has to travel to NA or Europe and then back. That takes time. When you're sending packets back and forth constantly, even 1/4 of a second makes some games unplayable, especially if the person you are playing against is less than 250 miles from the server.
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