On 26 May 2010 16:38, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> wrote:
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):
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
Brad
I'd be looking at WAN optimisers like Riverbed, Juniper, Silverpeak etc. Even if you move providers and it works better today there's no saying they won't move their paths about and you'll be back on the same boat tomorrow. -- Martin Hepworth Oxford, UK