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From: Makey@LOGICON.ARPA (Jeff Makey)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: World record furthest telnet: Australia -> Sweden
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Date: 30 Jun 89 21:35:02 GMT
References: <5841@ditmela.oz> <[A.ISI.EDU]29-Jun-89.00:29:13.CERF> <5896@ditmela.oz>
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In article <5896@ditmela.oz> hans@ditmela.oz.au (Hans Eriksson) writes:
>I wonder when one can go around the world in just 80 milliseconds...

The radius of the Earth is about 4000 miles, which gives a
circumference of about 25000 miles.  The speed of light is about
186000 miles per second, so the lower bound for going around the world
is 25000/186000 == 0.13 seconds or so.

                           :: Jeff Makey

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