On Tue, 30 May 2006 11:40:02 +1200 Hadley Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 May 2006 11:35, Craig FALCONER wrote: > > Give us some hosts to test and compare - here's www.italk.co.nz > > > > Packets Pings > > Host Loss% Snt Last Avg > > Best Wrst StDev > > 10. websrv2.tranzpeer.net 0.0% 10 49.3 43.0 > > 37.3 49.3 4.1 > > Under 50 ms and a standard dev of only 4.1 ms. > > You're on cable from memory. > > This is from an iHug 3.5/512 ADSL connection: > > --- www.italk.co.nz ping statistics --- > 53 packets transmitted, 53 received, 0% packet loss, time 83066ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 74.667/85.646/99.057/6.146 ms > > hads > > -- > Man is by nature a political animal. > -- Aristotle > 85 +/- 8 ms on 3.5/128 iHug ADSL 40 +/- 7 ms on Clear ADSL. Both of which allow VoIP to the uk with no noticeable delay... far, far better than satellite connections! How much faster is cable? I can't see any technical reason why it should be superior to ADSL - shouldn't that be down to the number and performance of comms equipment? Steve
