Faster than light???

I am talking to someone on the phone and they are on the opposite side of the world. I can hear their voice faster than it would take light to go from

I am talking to someone on the phone and they are on the opposite side of the world. I can hear their voice faster than it would take light to go from my position to theirs. Does this mean the "radio waves" are going faster than light?

or:I am talking to someone on the phone and they are on the opposite side of the world. I can hear their voice faster than it would take light to go from my position to theirs. Does this mean the \"radio waves\" are going faster than light?


or:It's not faster then the speed of light. However though, radio waves and light do travel at the same speed in a vacuum.


or:It only takes a radio signal 1/16 of a second to go half way around the world. You can hardly notice that delay in a conversation.

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