Re: MPLS acceptable latency?

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Mikeal Clark <mikeal.clark () gmail com> wrote:
> I have some AT&T MPLS sites under a managed contract with latency
> averaging 75-85 ms without any load.  These sites are only 45 minutes
> away.

I've noticed this with AT&T's MPLS product when dealing with the
internal corporate network here. I don't know what they're doing wrong
but it is so very wrong.

>  What is considered normal/acceptable?

Less than 10ms unless you're using a sub-T1 interface or going a very
long distance.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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