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For lightning-fast stock transactions or precise, remotely conducted medical surgeries, a data connection can never be fast enough. The goal of Adva and other networking firms is to make information move as close to the speed of light as possible; actually reaching it is impossible, due to fiber slowing down the light ever so slightly — and because the light pulses must be converted back to electricity, cleaned up and re-amplified every so often.

via Automated Stock Trading Could Speed Up Your ISP — No, Really | Epicenter | Wired.com.