[AusNOG] Vocus to cut latency to NZ ?? Does this make sense ?

[Brad Gould]

Often various NZ telco's route traffic via the cheapest path, not via 
the fastest.

So "random NZ Telco" buys a heap of transit that exits in the US, so the 
path is NZ->US->AU = latency.

Vocus (according the article) is going to buy up a heap of NZ-AU 
capacity and put a peering exchange on it.  Those that peer will see 
better latency because they are no longer beholden to "random NZ Telco" 
for their transit to AU.

Perhaps you confusion comes the fact that Vocus is offering this new 
service to address issues for service providers, not their own clients 
(as they already have dedicated capacity on that NZ-AU path).

Brad


On 16/09/2010 16:30, Darren Moss wrote:
> Hi Noggers (and Dan),
> I saw this article today in the press. It does not make any sense to me.
> We have Vocus network services in Auckland and our Melbourne office
> reaches it in 7 short hops, yet this article says the trip is via the US
> ????
> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/232330,vocus-to-cut-sydney-auckland-latency.aspx?eid=3&edate=20100916&utm_source=20100916_PM&utm_medium=newsletter
> <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/232330,vocus-to-cut-sydney-auckland-latency.aspx?eid=3&edate=20100916&utm_source=20100916_PM&utm_medium=newsletter>
> Am I missing something or is the article wrong ?
>
> Regards,
>
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