On Wed, 26 May 2010, Brad Beck wrote:
I've been working diligently to improve performance of interactive applications (Citrix, terminal) that are run by users in our office located in Anchorage, and are served by a managed Internet connection provided by GCI. Our applications reside in the Buffalo, NY area.
I don't know anything about your specific case... but with an 100% optimum light-path you're looking at ~55 ms RTT between ANC-NYC (1ms RTT per 100km of fiber): <http://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=anc-nyc%0D%0A&RANGE=&PATH-COLOR=red&PATH-UNITS=km&PATH-MINIMUM=&SPEED-GROUND=&SPEED-UNITS=kts&RANGE-STYLE=best&RANGE-COLOR=navy&MAP-STYLE=> Of course fiber very seldom goes direct path, so 124ms sounds plausable and could most likely be improved by a little bit by choosing another provider, but would that really substantially improve your interactivity problem? -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se