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There are different speeds involved.* An electrical signal travels about 200,000 km/second in a wire - about 2/3 of the so-called "speed of light".

* The drift velocity (average velocity) is typically less than a millimeter per second.

* Individual electrons travel at a significant fraction of the speed of light.

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Electricity travels close to the speed of light in a conductor, which is about 186,282 miles per second. In one foot, electricity would travel approximately 1 nanosecond.

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