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Re: Latency between GCI Anchorage and VZB in NY
From: Martin Hepworth <maxsec () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 17:20:10 +0100
On 26 May 2010 16:38, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se> wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2010, Brad Beck wrote: I've been working diligently to improve performance of interactiveapplications (Citrix, terminal) that are run by users in our office located in Anchorage, and are served by a managed Internet connection provided by GCI. Our applications reside in the Buffalo, NY area.I don't know anything about your specific case... but with an 100% optimum light-path you're looking at ~55 ms RTT between ANC-NYC (1ms RTT per 100km of fiber): < http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=anc-nyc%0D%0A&RANGE=&PATH-COLOR=red&PATH-UNITS=km&PATH-MINIMUM=&SPEED-GROUND=&SPEED-UNITS=kts&RANGE-STYLE=best&RANGE-COLOR=navy&MAP-STYLE=Of course fiber very seldom goes direct path, so 124ms sounds plausable and could most likely be improved by a little bit by choosing another provider, but would that really substantially improve your interactivity problem? -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike () swm pp se Brad
I'd be looking at WAN optimisers like Riverbed, Juniper, Silverpeak etc. Even if you move providers and it works better today there's no saying they won't move their paths about and you'll be back on the same boat tomorrow. -- Martin Hepworth Oxford, UK
Current thread:
- Latency between GCI Anchorage and VZB in NY Brad Beck (May 26)
- Re: Latency between GCI Anchorage and VZB in NY Mikael Abrahamsson (May 26)
- Re: Latency between GCI Anchorage and VZB in NY Martin Hepworth (May 26)
- Re: Latency between GCI Anchorage and VZB in NY William Pitcock (May 26)
- Re: Latency between GCI Anchorage and VZB in NY Mikael Abrahamsson (May 26)