[10454] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Another UUNET Explanation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wolfgang Henke)
Wed Jul 2 10:11:10 1997
From: Wolfgang Henke <wolfgang@whnet.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 07:07:03 -0700
To: nanog@merit.edu
> Well sorry for the "delay" but I was in Paris for
> some time ...
> OK .. "delay" IS THE ISSUE!
> Voice over IP ... etc can not take the long delay
> times that ATM and Frame Relay may inccure.
> It's the same reason high earth orbit sat comm is not
> good for that type of communication. ........
> The "delay" of my exported X based Mailtool over a 64K
> line between the US and Netherlands is driving me crazy!
Here are some approximate light speed latencies:
silicon valley to Chicago 40 milliseconds
silicon valley to East Coast 60 milliseconds
East Coast to Europe 110 milliseconds
Via geostationary satellite 260 milliseconds
Wolfgang
http://www.whnet.com
