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		aidenn0 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Copper is Faster than Fiber (2017) [pdf] An SR-71 Blackbird flies faster than a 747. Nevertheless, a 747 can get 350 people from LA to New York faster than the SR-71.

TZubiri 31 days ago [–]

If I have to download a 4gb movie the roundtrip latency is not so important. With 4MB/s I can get the file in 1000s, with 40MB/s I can get it in 100s

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