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Originally Posted by AltonKelsey
"These "double hops" add a lot of latency, something around 10-15 seconds."
You must be joking. Your typical internet connection involves 10-15 hops and is near instantaneous.
It's NOT the technology , its the sloth.
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Internet hops are simply passing on traffic from one point to the next. Whereas in this situation the intermediate systems are waiting to collect handle, combine it with their own, then pass the totals onto to the next system, then rinse and repeat. That's what bogs down the timing.
Not arguing that improvements can't be made, but at the end of the day someone has to pay for it (or in this case, lobby legislatures to change the rules), and there's no incentive right now for anyone in the industry to raise their hand and volunteer to foot the bill and put in the work.