[c-nsp] transatlantic Internet latency

[Adam Greene]

Hi,

We have a customer who's experiencing high latency on IP traffic between New
York (where we are) and their server in New Zealand. As far as I can tell,
this is normal behavior.

Here's a snip from the traceroute:

 7   37ms     1/ 100 =  1%     1/ 100 =  1%  500.POS4-2.GW1.NYC9.ALTER.NET
[208.192.182.125]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  8   37ms     2/ 100 =  2%     2/ 100 =  2%  0.so-3-0-0.XL1.NYC9.ALTER.NET
[152.63.99.178]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  9   38ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  0.so-7-0-0.XL1.NYC8.ALTER.NET
[152.63.0.37]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 10   38ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  POS6-0.BR3.NYC8.ALTER.NET
[152.63.19.53]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 11   41ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  204.255.168.62
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 12  113ms     3/ 100 =  3%     3/ 100 =  3%
so1-1-0-2488M.ar1.SJC2.gblx.net [67.17.64.65]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 13  110ms     2/ 100 =  2%     2/ 100 =  2%
ANC-San-Jose-3.ge-2-3-1.ar1.SJC2.gblx.net [64.215.184.246]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 14  262ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  po3-0.gw1.akl1.asianetcom.net
[202.147.55.213]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 15  237ms     2/ 100 =  2%     2/ 100 =  2%  61.14.140.83
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
 16  265ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  vl5.cr1.akl.tranzpeer.net
[202.180.64.118]

As far as I can tell, latency jumps on the transition from UUNet to Global
Crossing, then again at the leap from Global Crossing to Asia Netcom. Can
anyone tell from experience if this is normal behavior? I assume the GBLX /
asianetcom transition is transatlantic fiber ...

Just trying to find something to tell the customer short of hosting the
server here in NY.

Thx,
Adam


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