[AusNOG] PPC-1 Experience?

[Skeeve Stevens]

Depends on how you are buying access to it.

For example, the bottom price Transit that Soul/TPG are offering at the moment which goes via PPC-1, lands in Japan and then has to make its way to the US from there, adding some latency.


...Skeeve

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-
> bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Sam Tilders
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 September 2010 1:32 AM
> To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] PPC-1 Experience?
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Was wondering, does anyone here have some numbers for the latency of
> US transit across PPC-1?
> 
> I was in a discussion about it and the question came up about the path
> it takes via Guam.
> 
> I realise Guam is a bit of a hub for these cables of course.
> 
> Part of the question was wondering if US transit via PPC-1 to Guam was
> then via Japan or if it could go direct to the US from Guam.
> 
> which then leads into the question of protection. SCC is said to be
> protected. Is that where there are multiple paths or are they talking
> about diversity at the landing points? Is PPC-1 "protected"?
> 
> - Sam
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