verizon / lavanet (hawi to honolulu, 25 mins air time by plane)
64 bytes from 64.65.95.73: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=20.637 ms 64 bytes from 64.65.95.73: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=22.186 ms 64 bytes from 64.65.95.73: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=21.965 ms 64 bytes from 64.65.95.73: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=21.723 ms 64 bytes from 64.65.95.73: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=21.538 ms
qwest / iinet (30 miles from bainbridge to hellview wa us)
64 bytes from 209.20.186.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=63 time=67.008 ms 64 bytes from 209.20.186.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=67.700 ms 64 bytes from 209.20.186.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=56.696 ms 64 bytes from 209.20.186.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=60.249 ms
i do not know why and can get no useful info on provisioning. i know iinet is redback.
It's more than likely interleaving which is causing the latency, it's used in order to reduce line errors (and to increase reach) but a side effect is that it increases latency. The verizon connection is more than likely not using interleaving while the Qwest connection is. John -- John Lyons Phone: +353-1-660-9040 Network Engineer Fax: +353-1-660-3666 HEAnet Ltd. Email: john.lyons@heanet.ie