[c-nsp] Re: transatlantic Internet latency

[Daniel Roesen]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 07:13:20PM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> However, you can now tell that you are in SJC. A quick word about parsing 
> location identifiers. The most common types out there are:
> 
> 1) Airport codes (like SJC)
> 2) CLLI geographic+geopolitical codes (like sjnsca)
> 3) Pseudo-airport codes (like NYC instead of LGA or JFK)
> 4) Random garbage from deranged minds
> 
> Luckily enough for you, GX and UU both fall into the category of "mostly" 
> real airport codes, with some fake ones thrown in for good measure just to 
> annoy people who don't know what to look for.
> 
> SJC = San Jose California, a real airport code
> NYC = New York NY, a fake airport code, but one that is easy enough to 
> figure out.

Nah. Both SJC and NYC conform perfectly to UN/LOCODE. :-)

I've always regarded using airport IATA codes as somewhat misguided. :]


Best regards,
Daniel

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