Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

[Rodrigo Paes <rpaes@pobox.com>]

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:40:44 +0900
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:

> 
> PING www.l.google.com (66.249.89.104): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=15.3 ms
> 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=16.6 ms
> 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=16.7 ms
> 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=16.5 ms
> ...
> 
daaaamn !! _that_ is fast..

Google has some Data Centers spread around the world, one of them is probably on the floor beneath you :)

about the hops, like I said.. either the DC is next to your house or you get inside a nice MPLS network that masks the real number of hops.


But about the connection speed, If I can surf the web pretty well with my shitty response time, .78ms should work aswell.


[]s
rodrigo


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