Proving Gig Speed

[niels=nanog at bakker.net (Niels Bakker)]

* mark.tinka at 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.