the speed of light is about 975 million feet per second, and signals in fiber optic cables implementing the cellular network "back haul" network travel almost as fast. There are some delays in the coupling elements of the network, but it should not take more than about 40 milliseconds to transfer the signals from CA to FL

LA to Miami is about 2400 miles or about 12.9 milliseconds at the speed of light.

Electrical signals travel at a large fraction of the speed of light, at about 100000 miles per second. So it takes only a tiny fraction of a second to travel to CA.

Because the electrons being emitted from your phone don't take a plane ride to California.

Because it's not real. It's energy, a simple signal. Plane weights, and we can touch it.

This question has really got me wandering. I have alot of friends and family in California, I live in Florida. When I use my cell phone to call them, how come it only takes seconds for the cell phone signal to move and get all the way to California. Yet it takes me almost 6 hours by plane to physically get me there. Any scientists out there or smart people who can answer my question? Thanks