I hope you all realize that quantum entanglement does NOT facilitate FTL communication. v On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 10:46 AM David Fernández via Starlink < starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: > "quantum entanglement may be a path to beat the speed of light" > > It seems that is not going anywhere. Maybe better warp drives. > > Faster than light comms as a target for 7G mentioned here: > > https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/653fee7b042dc92df0919930/MnM-Trends-Wheel/960x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=1440 > > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarwantsingh/2023/10/30/the-mega-trends-that-will-shape-our-future-world > > So, maybe that means that 6G will be the last G, after all, as faster than > light comms seem to be impossible, because paradoxes could be created. > > The end of comms engineering could be in the horizon of our lifetime. > > > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 07:16:16 -0700 (PDT) > From: David Lang > To: Alexandre Petrescu > Cc: Gert Doering , starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > Subject: Re: [Starlink] The "reasons" that bufferbloat isn't a problem > Message-ID: <1r928s39-s5o3-q44n-804n-11ro432210s8@ynat.uz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Alexandre Petrescu wrote: > > > Le 05/06/2024 à 15:40, Gert Doering a écrit : > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 03:28:45PM +0200, Alexandre Petrescu via > Starlink > > wrote: > >>> well, ok. One day the satcom latency will be so low that we will not > have > >>> enough requirements for its use :-) > >> Your disbelief in physics keeps amazing me :-) > > > > sorry :-) Rather than simply 'satcom' I should have said > > satcom-haps-planes-drones. I dont have a name for that. > > you would be better off with plans that don't require beating the speed of > light. Yes, quantum entanglement may be a path to beat the speed of light, > but > you still need the electronics to handle it, and have the speed of sound > at > temperatures and pressures that humans can live at as a restriction. > > by comparison to your 1ms latency goals, extensive AT&T phone testing > decades > ago showed that 100ms was the threshold where people could start to detect > a > delay. > > David Lang > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > -- Please send any postal/overnight deliveries to: Vint Cerf Google, LLC 1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 16th Floor Reston, VA 20190 +1 (571) 213 1346 until further notice