[LINK] America's Internet Disconnect

[Adrian Chadd]

On Sun, Nov 12, 2006, Adam Todd wrote:

> The problem, for "us" in Australia, appears not to be in the network 
> itself, but the double ocean hop, first from Australia to the USA and then 
> back from the USA to NL:
> 
> 13  ae-2-54.bbr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.68.102.97)  191.617 ms  167.036 
> ms ae-2-52.bbr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.68.102.33)  170.909 ms
> 14  as-2-0.mp1.Amsterdam1.Level3.net (212.187.128.17)  318.621 ms 
> as-0-0.mp2.Amsterdam1.Level3.net (212.187.128.13)  321.512 ms  319.368 ms
> 
> 
> Getting the LA was cheap:
> 
> 11  sl-st20-la-6-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.154.209)  176.255 ms  172.243 
> ms  176.535 ms
> 12  so-1-0-0.gar1.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (64.152.193.73)  168.011 
> ms  169.370 ms  166.514 ms

Lucky Sydney'ers.. :)

Anyway, I'm reasonably certain there's some fibre paths that go AU/Asia/Europe;
I've been out of the industry too long to remember how/where to look and
whether any providers here actually provide access to Europe the "slightly
faster" way.

Anyway. My point about the perceived speed of general "internet" sites
still stands: a hodgepodge composite of bandwidth and latency compounding
perceived speeds.



Adrian