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maz- | 9 years ago

Eh? RTT between London and Sydney for example is around 300ms and testing that page, I see a 316ms RTT from Singapore (in London).

Theoretical minimum RTT's based on the speed of light for systems on the opposite side of the world is nice and all but doesn't take into account the realities of packet processing on the internet.

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contingencies|9 years ago

Yes but speaking statistically, since virtually nobody lives in Australia or London versus China, the user's likely location is China.

apk17|9 years ago

..and those of actual cable routing (esp. on land), and the speed of light in fiber vs. vacuum, that alone adding 66ms for a great circle.