In a message written on Tue, May 01, 2012 at 03:45:29PM -0500, Jerry Dent wrote: > Can be for the end users if they wind up on a less direct network path.
"Direct" is not the only measure.
I would take a 4-hop, 10GE, no packet loss path over a 1-hop, 1GE,
5% packet loss path any day of the week.
"Shorter" {hops, latency, as-path} does not mean a higher quality end
user experience.
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