I think the better question is what the hell is going on in Wellington!?!?<br><br>Wellington to Texas is about 12,000 km, or about 24,000 km round trip.<br><br>Light moves at about 3x10^8 metres/second through a vacuum cleaner (or is that just a vacuum?), or about 2/3rd&#39;s that speed through a piece of fiber optic cable.<br>
<br>24000 x 1000 / (3x10^8 x 2/3) = 0.12<br><br>So it takes about 120 milliseconds to get from Texas to Wellington and back - presuming a perfectly straight path.<br><br>If you&#39;re seeing 41ms, then there&#39;s really only three possibilities :<br>
* Someone moved Wellington closer to the US<br>* Someone moved Texas closer to NZ<br>* Your testing is flawed.<br><br>� Scott<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Jeremy Lawson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lawsonjeremy@gmail.com" target="_blank">lawsonjeremy@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I was having some issues transferring to/from one of my Rackspace VPSs, so I run a few tests on <a href="http://speedtest.net" target="_blank">speedtest.net</a> from the VPS to various parts of NZ.</span></div>


<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I expect SOME difference, but these are outrageous. Basically: What the hell is going on in Christchurch?</span></div>


<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>


</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ping</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">�41ms - Wellington (CityLink)</span></div>


<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">167ms - Christchurch (Snap)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">182 - Culverdon (Amuri Net)</span></div>


</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Download (transfer to Texas from NZ)<div><div>152.79 Mb/s - From Wellington</div><div>� 2.35 Mb/s - From Christchurch</div><div>� 1.99 Mb/s - From Culverdon</div><div><br>


</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Upload (transfer to NZ From Texas)<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><br>�69.28 Mb/s - To Wellington</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">�18.97 Mb/s - To Christchurch</span></div>


<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">� 7.48 Mb/s - To Culverdon</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><br>


<br>Source: (each of these are the last of several similar results)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><a href="http://www.speedtest.net/result/2171916814.png" target="_blank">http://www.speedtest.net/result/2171916814.png</a>�</span></div>


<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><a href="http://www.speedtest.net/result/2171913440.png" target="_blank">http://www.speedtest.net/result/2171913440.png</a>�<br><a href="http://www.speedtest.net/result/2171915443.png" target="_blank">http://www.speedtest.net/result/2171915443.png</a>�</span></div>


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