The issue is the SMW3 capacity from Perth to Singapore is, well, not cheap and not plentiful. Telecom NZ (through AAPT), Optus and Telstra/Reach own most of it. I suspect that you'll have to wait for NextGen's Perth-Singapore cable in 2013 for latency in NZ and AU to generally drop. 120ms is around what you'll be able to get from Auckland to Sydney (on SCCN) then to Perth and onto Singapore if you do have that path (It's what I see on the optimal path on our network). MMC On 19/05/2011, at 8:06 PM, Regan Murphy wrote: Vocus might have cut the latency between NZ and AUS, but the latency between NZ and SIN - which is where the Microsoft Online Datacentre lives for NZ/AUS - has doubled for one of my clients (*). Unfortunately my tech only took a screenshot of a tracert- it is shown here: http://yfrog.com/gyaqxsp Typical latency (on ADSL connection) to the datacentre via PACNET transit is around 220ms, and with Telecom/GG it is around 160ms Is there any way this can be improved? I have been in discussions with Microsofts network team, Pacnet and Callplus to see how the pacnet route could be optimised but I have no relationship with Vodafone/Vocus except through my client. Am happy to connect someone with the Microsoft guys if it helps. (*) I'm making an assumption, from the traceroute, that vodafone/ihug is using vocus transit -- Regan -----Original Message----- From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nzmailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of James Spenceley Sent: Friday, 17 September 2010 5:24 p.m. To: Simon Lyall Cc: nznog Subject: Re: [nznog] Vocus to build Aus-NZ Exchange G'day Simon, You stole our thunder :-) We'll be officially launching PacificIX in NZ at NZNOG but feel free to email us directly and register for updates at ... http://www.vocus.com.au/pacificIX/ Interested in any feedback people have, internally we are excited about it. Cheers, -- James On 16/09/2010, at 9:30 PM, Simon Lyall wrote: via Ausnog: "Wholesale internet transit provider Vocus will create an internet peering exchange to greatly cut latency between Sydney and Auckland. The PacificIX exchange would go live "by the end of the year", Vocus (ASX: VOC) chief executive officer James Spenceley (pictured) told iTnews today. It would run out of the Equinix and Global Switch data centres in Sydney and from the Auckland Sky Tower and a "second [undisclosed] node" elsewhere in the NZ city." http://www.itnews.com.au/News/232330,vocus-to-cut-sydney-auckland-late ncy.aspx?eid=3&edate=20100916&utm_source=20100916_PM&utm_medium=newsle tter -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT. _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog -- Matthew Moyle-Croft Peering Manager and Team Lead - Commercial and DSLAMs Internode /Agile Level 5, 150 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia Email: mmc(a)internode.com.aumailto:mmc(a)internode.com.au Web: http://www.on.nethttp://www.on.net/ Direct: +61-8-8228-2909 Mobile: +61-419-900-366 Reception: +61-8-8228-2999 Fax: +61-8-8235-6909