Re: IPv6 and CDN's

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 11/26/21 23:47, Jean St-Laurent via NANOG wrote:

> With that specific line directly from Apple:
>
> "And when IPv6 is in use, the median connection setup is 1.4 times 
> faster than IPv4. This is primarily due to reduced NAT usage and 
> improved routing."
>
> There it is, Improved routing.

Perhaps you mean "improved forwarding".

In an environment that is heavily peered, what is the visual difference 
in experience for a customer connecting to a site at 1ms vs. 1.4ms?

Across the sea, assume 140ms between Cape Town - London (Omicron, 
anyone?), what is the visual difference between 140ms vs. 196ms? Okay, 
bad example, but I can probably get an MS-MPC from Juniper that can claw 
back 1.3X of that 1.4X advantage :-). Besides, locally-peered traffic is 
likely to exceed long-haul traffic, in many markets.

Mark.