Fantastic article! Never got that detailed into how with respect to packet size and how to optimize for it. The Dice site indeed loaded incredibly fast.
Small pedantic note: the speed of light is 299792458 in a vacuum. The actual signal would move slower from Earth to a satellite since it has to pass through air, so the latency would in fact be a tad longer.
Fantastic article! Never got that detailed into how with respect to packet size and how to optimize for it. The Dice site indeed loaded incredibly fast.
Small pedantic note: the speed of light is 299792458 in a vacuum. The actual signal would move slower from Earth to a satellite since it has to pass through air, so the latency would in fact be a tad longer.
haha, yes of course, I think you could also take into account how far from the equator you are!