# Why did nameko use RPC for Communication between Service?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nameko.io/t/why-did-nameko-use-rpc-for-communication-between-service/304>\
**Category:** Github Issues\
**Created:** [August 13, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.nameko.io/t/why-did-nameko-use-rpc-for-communication-between-service/304 "2018-08-13T09:33:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.nameko.io/t/why-did-nameko-use-rpc-for-communication-between-service/304/1 "2018-08-13T09:33:16Z")

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_From @radiegtya on Wed Feb 07 2018 05:31:02 GMT+0000 (UTC)_  
  
I think this is not issue, rather than just a question. Why did nameko use RPC for Communication between Service? Is there any issue when using REST? or RPC much faster for this communication purpose? Sorry I am newbie at microservices  
  
_Copied from original issue: [https://github.com/nameko/nameko/issues/509](https://github.com/nameko/nameko/issues/509)_