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   Daniel70 to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: How do "they" Speed-test Internet Li   
   10 Sep 25 00:04:20   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse   
      
   On 9/09/2025 10:41 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-09-09 14:34, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 9/09/2025 10:13 pm, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-09-09, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> YEAP!! Undergerstumble!! But did my data travel via Undersea   
   >>>> Co-ax or via Low Earth orbit Satellite or via High Earth orbit   
   >>>> Satellite ..... or via one of those reflector Panels   
   >>>> (supposedly) left on The Moon by the Apollo Astronauts??   
   >>>   
   >>> It doesn't matter - throughput is not latency.   
   >>   
   >> But I'm not really interested in throughput OR latency but how long   
   >> it takes to get from A (my place) to B (test site) .... and then   
   >> how long it takes to get from B (test site) to A (my place).   
   >   
   > That's latency.   
   >   
   Ah!! O.K., my mistake.   
      
   I thought 'Latency' was how long it took something to get up'n'going!!   
   i.e. overcoming "inertia".   
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   Daniel70   
      
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