Where does most of the latency come from? Routers.
Uhh... what about longlines??
On second thought, here are some URLs.... I went to http://www.nanog.org and searched the mailing list archives for the last time this was argued. Here are some references: http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/9610/msg00263.html http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/9604/msg00043.html http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/9610/msg00586.html ******************************************************** Michael Dillon voice: +1-415-482-2840 Senior Systems Architect fax: +1-415-482-2844 PRIORI NETWORKS, INC. http://www.priori.net "The People You Know. The People You Trust." ********************************************************