Best ISP for international Latency ?

[sparticus]

Hello,

After a few weeks and doing some checking I came to the conclusion that getting anything around about the 150ms for international servcers is just not an option in SA no matter how fast your line speed.

The question I have then is what would be the next best case scenario ? My ping is on a good day about 250+ I would be happier at at least 200ms.

PS - Im on a 100Mb fibre link with Octotel/Webafrica

 

[WAslayer]

Move closer to the servers you want as low latency as possible for.. that's your absolute best option..

 

[cavedog]

Hello,

After a few weeks and doing some checking I came to the conclusion that getting anything around about the 150ms for international servcers is just not an option in SA no matter how fast your line speed.

The question I have then is what would be the next best case scenario ? My ping is on a good day about 250+ I would be happier at at least 200ms.

PS - Im on a 100Mb fibre link with Octotel/Webafrica

You are from CPT you should get like 145 to 155ms to London. If you don't your issues is with Webafrica or maybe Octotel.

Jhb/Pta gets about 158ms to London so yeah change ISPs.

 

[sparticus]

You are from CPT you should get like 145 to 155ms to London. If you don't your issues is with Webafrica or maybe Octotel.

Jhb/Pta gets about 158ms to London so yeah change ISPs.

How can I check international latency from my connection ? Any recommended sites to use ?

 

[WAslayer]

How can I check international latency from my connection ? Any recommended sites to use ?

Do a trace route to something hosted internationally from your machine's command prompt..

Most things you get online are not going to be accurate..

 

[sparticus]

Do a trace route to something hosted internationally from your machine's command prompt..

Most things you get online are not going to be accurate..

Ok cool, will do that yes. U think as a previous cisco engineer I would know that lol