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Anon is in a simulation (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Long distance calls are sometimes routed over geostationary satellites. These signals travel for 2x40,000km which leads to a very noticeable delay of ¼ of a second, the answer will reach you ½ a second later than usualy, which feels very odd.
At least that was the case in the 1990s, when I used the POTS to call long distance. Nowadays I'd assume most of that is routed over the Internet, which uses undersea cables and thus is usually much faster than that.