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In article <3335@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>glenn@otto.UUCP (Glenn Scott) writes:
>   In addition, the "speed of light delay" via satellite shouldn't be much
> different than the speed of light delay over a copper wire...

>	If I call Colorado from New York and get a land line, I'm going over
>maybe 3-4000 miles of path (doesn't make much difference if it's copper
>wire, microwave, or fiber; in reality it's probably a combination of all
>three).

  Ah, well, then I don't think we're really talking about "land-lines" then.

  Ten years ago, during college, I worked for "The Phone Company" as a
switchman.  Way back then "land-line" meant metal.  Specifically, no
multiplexing (no microwave, no fiber, no satellite).

  But in any case, the receiver doesn't determine the routing.  If an
ordinary consumer makes a call it is routed via the most viable route.

Glenn

PS:  There is a difference between copper wire, and microwave or fiber.
     Microwave and fiber are multiplexed and thus have some scheduling
     delays, albeit small.