the following estimates the theoretical network latency for travelling roughly half way around the earth
circumference of earth = 40075 km
speed of light = 299792.458 km / s
( circumference of earth ) / 2 ) / ( speed of light ) = seconds to travel from one side of globe to another
(40075 / 2) / (299792.458) = 0.0668 seconds
67 ms ideal travel time from one side of globe to another