Alex Regh wrote:
On Mon, 10 May 2004 01:46:16 +0100, Timwi wrote:
I don't understand this opposition to the
ocean? ... It doesn't make it
any slower, you know.
Depends a lot on the connection; some servers in the US are quite a lot slower
in Europe, or some ISPs in Europe, and my guess is that this is not all that
different from other parts of the world.
I do not have the impression that European servers tend to be faster for
me than American (or Asian or Australian) servers (haven't tried many
African ones...). The number of hops is approximately the same no matter
what. The only servers that are noticeably faster for me are those
within the University, but that should be obvious.
Additionally, notice that Google seems to be entirely US-based too
(judging from traceroutes). google.co.jp, google.de, google.fr, etc. all
seem to have the same rotating set of IPs. And I'm pretty sure they have
quite an order of magnitude more traffic than Wikipedia. :)
Timwi