[Chad C. Mulligan]

This isn’t radio and the distance is irrelevant to latency.

The "messages" were received with a radio telescope, according to the article.

[JustaTech]

The "messages" were received with a radio telescope, according to the article.

A signal, delayed by 11 years, was received via radio, that is true according to Holland. However the subsequent conversation is apparently happening via QT, which we already had developed for military use.