Re: Proving Gig Speed

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* mark.tinka () seacom mu (Mark Tinka) [Thu 19 Jul 2018, 07:08 CEST]:
> I'm not sure about North America, Asia-Pac or South America, but in 
> Europe, the gaming folk actually peer very well.
>
> The problem for us is that is anymore from 112ms - 170ms away, 
> depending on which side of the continent you are.
>
> And while we peer extensively with them via our network in Europe, 
> that latency will simply not go away. They need to come into market 
> and satisfy their demand.

That will happen as soon as it's affordable for them to do so - which 
requires an ecosystem of affordable and reliable independent IP 
transit/transport and colocation to exist.


        -- Niels.