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by yomly 2222 days ago
Are you talking about video chat within NZ or with rest of world? I imagine there's a fixed amount of latency with calling anyone in NZ due to speed of light...
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As the crow flies, it takes light 66ms to get from one point on earth to a point on the opposite side.

Pretty sure the limiting factor is not the speed of light. It's the fact that (currently) these packets on not traveling in a straight line, and there is a lot of switching happening between A and B.

There is plenty of room for improvement in this area.