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On Thu 28 Jun 2007 (18:20 -0500), Neal R wrote: > > > I have a customer with IP transport from Sprint and McLeod and fiber > connectivity to Sprint in the Chicago area. The person making the > decisions is not a routing guy but is very sharp overall. He is > currently examining the latency on trans-Atlantic links and has fixed on > the idea that he needs 40ms or less to London through whatever carrier > he picks. He has spoken to someone at Cogent about a point to point link. > > > What is a reasonable latency to see on a link of that distance? I > get the impression he is shopping for something that involves dilithium > crystal powered negative latency inducers, wormhole technology, or an > ethernet to tachyon bridge, but its been a long time (9/14/2001, to be > exact) since I've had a trans-Atlantic circuit under my care and things > were different back then. > > > Anyone care to enlighten me on what these guys can reasonably > expect on such a link? My best guess is he'd like service from Colt > based on the type of customer he is trying to reach, but its a big > muddle and I don't get to talk to all of the players ... He'll need a Black & Dekker drill with a hammer attachment, and an absolutely prodigious stone cutting bit, a convenient wormhole, or a waiver on the laws of physics. -- Jim Segrave [email protected]
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