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Guide #36 of 50 | Online Gaming & Latency (Ping Fix)
Guide 36: Select Dedicated Game Server Regions — Defeating the Speed of Light Limit
Why optical fiber travels at 200,000 km/s and how server geography dictates your minimum ping.
By Shakir Hossain
Lead Systems Architect & Network Performance Engineer | QuantamNetPro
Even with a 10 Gigabit fiber connection, light traveling through silica glass optical cables takes roughly 5 milliseconds for every 1,000 kilometers of physical distance traveled. You cannot defeat the speed of light.
Always select gaming matchmaking regions closest to your geographic continent (e.g., Singapore/Hong Kong/Mumbai for South Asia, Frankfurt for Europe, Virginia for US East) to guarantee sub-40ms ping.
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