[3622] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ping triangulation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Dixon)
Mon Jul 29 04:18:16 1996
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 09:12:08 +0100 (BST)
From: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net>
To: Peter Lothberg <roll@stupi.se>
cc: Roy <garlic@garlic.com>, Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.90.0.838616286.roll@Slaptoy.Stupi.SE>
On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, Peter Lothberg wrote:
> > They use the ping times to figure out which server would be closest.
> > All the servers are not located in the same place. The idea is that
> > european users may receive better service from a european server.
>
> The network topology and geography does not match very well, I would guess
> that the network center of Europe is likely to be somwhere on the US
> Eastcoast.
>
> Only Stockholm have multiple international E3 links....
There is more than one 45 Mbps circuit into the UK carrying Internet
traffic.
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