If i was to send an email from the U.K to the USA, How long would that take?In MPH (Miles Per Hour)
2006-12-25 08:04:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You can't measure the speed of an electronic message in MPH. I suppose you could measure the speed of the electrons, but that really has little to do with the time it takes to get the message.
A message sent from A to B might pass through various routers, servers, satellites, and who knows what else. A message might be received in a fraction of a second, or it might take several minutes if the traffic (volume of other data being sent and received) is high.
2006-12-25 08:10:51 · answer #1 · answered by so far north 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When e-mail is actually travelling, it travels either as radio waves (at the speed of light) or as electronic signals (close to the speed of light). The speed of light is 670,616,629.384 MPH. When it goes through servers and other internet gateways it stops. An average velocity would be different in every case as each email travels a different path through the internet.
2006-12-25 08:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by Tony O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does take any speed in MPH (miles per hour), it depends on the speed of your internet.
2006-12-25 13:50:12 · answer #3 · answered by Akshay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how many nodes (other computers) it has to travel through, but it will probably be almost instantaneous. You could send an email around the world and it will usually only take a few seconds.
2006-12-25 08:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time is spent being queued up waiting to be processed. In any case, it is very fast.
I once found a website in France that I wanted to look at. I'm in California. I looked at the second hand on my watch as I clicked on the link. I started getting a response in about 2 seconds!
2006-12-25 09:49:34 · answer #5 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the routing but 10 million MPH on a good day is my estimate. (3000 miles in one second).
2006-12-25 08:11:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the speed of light 1,86,000 miles per second
which will be 669,600,000 miles per hour.
2006-12-25 08:42:27 · answer #7 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question man.
2006-12-25 08:23:54 · answer #8 · answered by Léon 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋