That's something we never really discussed all that much. I'm in favor of FTL wavecom - huh, another one for the glossary - since it lets us have something resembling a system-wide phone network and internet. (if Bob & Co. want to set up Fenspace's first CoH server, that's important.)
For interstellar stuff, I actually ran the spreadsheet for an FTL communications system that broadcast at 10,000,000 times the speed of light. The result? One-way communications lag to Alpha Centauri is 14 seconds. I tell you, nothing gives you an appreciation for the scale of the cosmos like trying to figure out those little fiddly bits the smarter space opera writers leave out of their stuff, like speed-of-plot communications.---
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For interstellar stuff, I actually ran the spreadsheet for an FTL communications system that broadcast at 10,000,000 times the speed of light. The result? One-way communications lag to Alpha Centauri is 14 seconds. I tell you, nothing gives you an appreciation for the scale of the cosmos like trying to figure out those little fiddly bits the smarter space opera writers leave out of their stuff, like speed-of-plot communications.---
Mr. Fnord
http://fnord.sandwich.net/
http://www.jihad.net/
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"