Re: [PLUG] Internet services with lowest packet latency

2022-08-23 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:24:37PM -0700, Thomas Groman wrote: > Here's a graph of latentcies i get to various sites of interest. the > northwest IAX, a telephone exchange, ziply's gateway router, and some > others. > https://ttm.sh/qiv.png [ ...205 2.3 ms ...18 2.9 ms ...129 3.2 ms ] Thanks

Re: [PLUG] Internet services with lowest packet latency

2022-08-22 Thread John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com
Re: Internet services with lowest packet latency > (John Jason Jordan) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:42:11 -0700 > From: Russell Senior > To: kei...@keithl.com, "Portland Linux/Unix Group" > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Internet s

Re: [PLUG] Internet services with lowest packet latency

2022-08-22 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 23 Aug 2022 02:14:57 + Cy dijo: >Oh, you could run i2p! >https://geti2p.net How is i2p different from using a VPN? From the above page: "I2P recommends that you use Tor Browser or a trusted VPN when you want to browse the Internet privately." OK, if I use a VPN (and I do), what

Re: [PLUG] Internet services with lowest packet latency

2022-08-22 Thread Cy
On Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:21:58 -0700 Keith Lofstrom wrote: > When I use a service like "internet speed test", I see > the "needle" hovering near zero for about three seconds, > then it gently crawls towards 101% of our contracted > bandwidth. This maybe isn't so helpful, but I remember hearing

Re: [PLUG] Internet services with lowest packet latency

2022-08-22 Thread Russell Senior
Some thoughts: 1) you are autonomous creatures, not required to do things random people pester you into. 2) the new name for former-GTE/Verizon/Frontier is "Ziply" ( https://ziplyfiber.com/) not "Bitly". 3) I don't really trust "speed test" sites. I'd suggest measuring what you care about

[PLUG] Internet services with lowest packet latency

2022-08-22 Thread Keith Lofstrom
The comcast telemarketers are pestering my wife with offers to "upgrade" our service from many streaming megabytes per second to many more streaming megabytes per second. That way, we can watch 5 internet movies at once rather than 3. We don't watch movies on the net. We could get by with far