Asia's Fastest Communications Cable Comes Online
http://www.livescience.com/22538-asias-fastest-communications-cable-comes-on... The fastest-yet communications cable in Asia came online today (Aug. 20). The underwater fiber optic cable links Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore for high-speed, computerized stock trading. The system transmits information at 40 gigabits per second, three milliseconds faster than any other system in the region, the BBC reported<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19275490>. "The gain may sound small, but could prove critical to financial trades made out of the region," according to the report. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -
On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 04:25:26 -0400, Joly MacFie said:
"The gain may sound small, but could prove critical to financial trades made out of the region," according to the report.
If you can use 3ms to extract enough money out of the market to pay for a cable, that market is *way* too volatile in the first place.
On 2012-08-24, at 10:33 AM, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
If you can use 3ms to extract enough money out of the market to pay for a cable, that market is *way* too volatile in the first place.
Heh. Think things are volatile now? Wait 'til they get it down to pico-payment based trading of quantum virtual particles. Oh, I have to nip down to the patent office ... --lyndon
On 25/08/2012, at 3:33 AM, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
If you can use 3ms to extract enough money out of the market to pay for a cable, that market is *way* too volatile in the first place.
3ms is centuries. :) http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/networking/55281-vocus-cables-sydney-... "Vocus Communications has laid two fibre cables across Sydney Harbour - to shave microseconds from the trip time from the CBD to the ASX data centre in Gore Hill." "Vocus already operates a cable through the Sydney Harbour Tunnel but according to CEO James Spenceley the new cable is some 700 metres shorter and represents the lowest latency link available between the CBD and the ASX data centre." Rgds, - I.
Ian Henderson wrote:
"Vocus already operates a cable through the Sydney Harbour Tunnel but according to CEO James Spenceley the new cable is some 700 metres shorter and represents the lowest latency link available between the CBD and the ASX data centre."
Why does King Lear's "That way madness lies" keep poppng into my head?
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