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In article <4dst3e$6tu@ghostgum.hunterlink.net.au>,
   scott@hunterlink.net.au (Scott Howard) wrote:
>Skeeve Stevens (skeeve@apic.net) wrote:
>
>: Access One has a 2MB link
>
>4Mb from Next month according to them.

Yep. Was scheduled for 1 Feb but is now dependent of final handover of the
TPC-5 cable. Shouldn't delay it by more than a few days.

>: AT&T has a huge link... 34MB (i think -T3??) from Australia and around asia... 

While they may well have 34/45Mbps somewhere in their Asia/Pacific IP network
it's not what they have into Australia for their IP network. The same goes for
all the Overseas carriers at this time. They are all trying to drum up future
business while running E1 scale IP networks.

In any case for 1Mbps size links the transit time is speed of light limited
not data rate limited. The ping time to the US is 160 to 170 milli-seconds
no matter how fast the link is. The issues are service, conjestion and
reliability not link speed.

>: Access One followed logical thought and have a sydney link now.

Nothing logical about a Sydney link it's just that is was quicker to
upgrade our TIS link in Sydney first. Sydney is not the natural centre of
the universe...

>>It's just a pity that their routing on it is screwed so badly... Going from
>>Connect to AOne now often results in going over TIS from Melb to Sydney,
>>despite the Connect<->AOne gateway in Melbourne.

The routing is as intended due the current bandwidth Aone-Connect link
until Connect have their new Melbourne POP ready.

Michael Podhorodecki
Network Engineering
Access One Pty. Ltd.