On Friday, November 07, 2003 11:16 AM NZT, Joe Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, considering that the speed of light is 186 000 miles per > second, I > don't see where that would be of any relevance. I don't think that > from the > USA to Australia is QUITE that far :-P... > Well we are talking about 250ms here, not one second. You don't say where in the USA you are, but for example's sake, the distance from Sydney to New York is about 10,000 miles*. So at the speed of light that's 1/18.6th of a second or about 54ms. And that's only one way - double that and you're at 108ms already. Add on all the latency introduced by each of the other hops between you and you'll quickly get to 250ms. Also if I recall, the undersea intercontinental links have a transmission latency of their own which is relatively not that good (regardless of the SOL limitations). If you gave a traceroute it might be easier to see this... (then again who cares) :) -Simon * from LA (the closest) would be a bit less, about 7,500 miles. Call it (40ms x 2) = 80ms. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
