Keeping this within the realm of TCP/IP, i.e. within Earth terresterial
links and the sphere of Earth geostationary orbits (maybe Lagrange points,
I don't know what communication protocols far-earth satellites use).
I'm not including inter-planetary or inter-stellar communication
protocols.
What is the actual, real-world worst case edge-to-edge, network RTT seen
in the current Internet?
What latency numbers are ISPs putting on their FCC Broadband Labels?
https://www.fcc.gov/broadbandlabels
I remember in the "old days" some pacific islands with triple
geostationary satellite hops.
On Fri, 19 Jul 2024, Sean Donelan wrote:
What is the current estimated diameter of the Internet?
Maximum (worst-case) RTT edge-to-edge?
Most public latency data is now edge-to-cloud, not edge-to-edge. Cloud
engineers have done a great job, and edge-to-cloud less than 1-sec RTT.
Where have the long-slow pipes gone?
https://www.cloudping.co/grid
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/networking/azure-network-latency?tabs=Americas%2CWestUS
https://www.verizon.com/business/terms/latency/
