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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".       --       Daniel70              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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