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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Relativity/General_Relativity_(Crowell)/01%3A_Geometric_Theory_of_Spacetime/1.03%3A_Non-simultaneity_and_Maximum_Speed_of_Cause_and_Effect
      Instantaneous communication is impossible. There must be some maximum speed at which signals can propagate — or, more generally, a maximum speed at which cause and effect can propagate — and this spee...Instantaneous communication is impossible. There must be some maximum speed at which signals can propagate — or, more generally, a maximum speed at which cause and effect can propagate — and this speed must for example be greater than or equal to the speed at which radio waves propagate. It is also evident from these considerations that simultaneity itself cannot be a meaningful concept in relativity.

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