No quite right, however it is measured in hops. Distance and remoteness often influence amount of hops. Time is the issue here and time is consumed with every hop. If it takes 30 hops to reach Germany from Alaska and only 10 to reach Japan the decisions is clear.
Useful tools, if you currently don't know about, are available at www.dnsstuff.com Regards Scott John Andersen wrote: > On Sunday 06 May 2007, Registration Account wrote: > >> I just completed another install of 10.2 and I live in Australia...O.K >> The update server the install program choose for me is in >> Russia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> There are 2 x mirrors in my country 1 in Japan and a few in Asia I think >> may have been a better choice. >> > > > So what's the problem? > The internet is not measured in miles. > > I (living in Alaska) often choose a server in Germany over one in > my same timezone, because most people in Germany are asleep > when I am awake, and their servers and bandwidth are less > used at that time. > > > >
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