The folks at DatacenterDynamics take us on a trip down memory lane trying to understand how we came to this latency-crazed trading world we live in today. Was funny for me to think about how cool those touch screens were in the late 90’s, especially with my iPad sitting on my desk over 10 years […]
Tag: fiber optics
Trans-Atlantic Cable Plan Targets High-Frequency Traders (Wall Street Journal)
First it was shortening the time it takes data to get between New York and Chicago, now its New York and London. The big difference here is that the NY to London route is 3 times longer and has an ocean in the middle – no small feet of engineering and no small price tag. […]