[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: in the centrum of the payla



On Thu, 21 May 1998, Ben - Nes Michael wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Well u didn't mention what line u used any way satellite add at least
> 700 to latency while optic fiber adds 50
> 
> With 128 kb optic line got this from israel

the latency has nothing to do with your line bandwidth, 
you can get the same ping RTT with a T1 and a 128k line. 

short latency is a nice thing to have. especially if you do alot of
streaming audio/video and interactive application over the internet.

I wouldn't measure internet performance only by ping RTT.

-- Asher


> 
> The distance for yahoo is 13 hops from my place.
> 
> [snip ping output]
 

.--------------------------------------------------------------------.
| Asher Frenkel 			   Unix System Administrator |
| IBM Global Services, IBM Israel                                    |	
| Fax   : +972-3-6978115                        Phone: +972-3-6978946| 
| E-Mail:asher@ibm.net.il                              +972-3-6978687| 
`--------------------------------------------------------------------'