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minus-squareXaphanos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoOnce I was asked to troubleshoot problems with a screen share app. Turned out that the far-side was in Gurgaon. The packets were routed bia 2 geosync sats. One second up, one second over, one second down. 3 second latency.
minus-squareElvith Ma'for@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 days agoTime for a classic: The Case of the 500-Mile Email Edit: The site seems to be overloaded, but it’s also on Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20260220060645/https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
Once I was asked to troubleshoot problems with a screen share app. Turned out that the far-side was in Gurgaon. The packets were routed bia 2 geosync sats. One second up, one second over, one second down. 3 second latency.
Time for a classic: The Case of the 500-Mile Email
Edit: The site seems to be overloaded, but it’s also on Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20260220060645/https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
A true classic.