--- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kristian Kielhofner <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, if the carrier has IP endpoints in Amsterdam, why > not test it from various points in Europe? This is a little pointless IMHO because routing inside Europe is usually done via insanely high bandwidth European rings where you literally get no latency. I just tested from our Amsterdam server and latency to Germany was 8 ms, London was 7 ms, and a "high" 20 ms to Nice, France. In other words, if a provider tests well from one point in Europe - chances are they'll be OK from anywhere within the EU. The US is a totally different story. A west cost user may have 20 ms to a California server, but 100 ms to an east coast server. And even if two users have the exact same latency they can and probably will travel over different IP transit carriers (one will travel on L3, the other on Cogent, for example). It's quite a mess when you really look at the traceroutes. :) -- Nitzan http://www.comparevoipproviderrates.com/ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
