[c-nsp] Re: transatlantic Internet latency

[Roy]

Daniel Roesen wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 07:13:20PM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
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>>However, you can now tell that you are in SJC. A quick word about parsing 
>>location identifiers. The most common types out there are:
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>>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
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>Nah. Both SJC and NYC conform perfectly to UN/LOCODE. :-)
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>I've always regarded using airport IATA codes as somewhat misguided. :]
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>Best regards,
>Daniel
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Especially when they change.