I used to get about 60ms from router to router in TAT12/13 (I think) from London Telehouse to NY Telehouse. Security Admin (NetSec) wrote:
Sprint has probably the lowest latency in the industry; I use them for a Los Angeles - London IPSec VPN. Typical latency is around 140-150 ms rt (70-75 ms one-way)
40 ms RT is not possible in this reality, unless the speed of light is increased or one transimits through subspace (see Star Trek)
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Neal R Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:21 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: trans-Atlantic latency?
I have a customer with IP transport from Sprint and McLeod and fiber connectivity to Sprint in the Chicago area. The person making the decisions is not a routing guy but is very sharp overall. He is currently examining the latency on trans-Atlantic links and has fixed on the idea that he needs 40ms or less to London through whatever carrier he picks. He has spoken to someone at Cogent about a point to point link.
What is a reasonable latency to see on a link of that distance? I get the impression he is shopping for something that involves dilithium crystal powered negative latency inducers, wormhole technology, or an ethernet to tachyon bridge, but its been a long time (9/14/2001, to be exact) since I've had a trans-Atlantic circuit under my care and things were different back then.
Anyone care to enlighten me on what these guys can reasonably expect on such a link? My best guess is he'd like service from Colt based on the type of customer he is trying to reach, but its a big muddle and I don't get to talk to all of the players ...
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