This isn't directly connected with Linux but it is relevant to the quality
of our on-line experience.
I'm trying to get Google Earth working, and as we know this service isn't
supported on Linux. But my family members run Windows XP so I'm installing it
for them. On a support forum I found the advice that "Your performance will be
controlled by your own ISP's throughput and your latency to our servers. Ping
kh.google.com. <100msec, good. >200msec, not-so-good." A Swedish
reader replied
"Here in Sweden my average ping response is 22.6msec (!)"
Google Earth has been working well here on OS X, not instantaneous
but very usable.
I tested my Maltese response and got an average 265ms (Jan 23, 20:45).
--- kh.l.google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 152.561/156.808/169.976/6.110 ms
Repeating the ping even gave me "Request timed out" messages! I got similar
slow responses from my web site vlsitechnology.org (hosted by Yahoo in
California).
My web site in Pennsylvania, USA
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 226.850/229.589/232.563/1.816 ms
The www.nethealth.net.mt site gives average Google response times of 100ms
and Yahoo 200ms, and has done so for months now. Why is Malta so slow when
Sweden is so fast? I thought there was a government policy of making Malta an
internet hub, but it doesn't look competitive at all compared to competing
countries like Sweden.
http://www.nethealth.net.mt/
--- kh.l.google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4031ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 193.750/194.142/194.328/0.593 ms
Am I wrong, or is there a way for me to improve my connection latency by a
factor of up 10??
Move to Sweden? ;-)
ciao,
sims
