Local VS International

[PsyWulf]

1.5 million x 59 Rand = R88.5 million every month for a service running at 256k at best?
Sorry thats one for the consumer complaints commission.

If you have 1 Gigabit pipe it only takes 1000 people running at 1mbps downloads 24-7 to completely use up the available bandwidth ( or 4000 people at 256kbps ). Shared internet services aren't built to provide maximum speed to every user 24-7. Regular usage is bursted and thus everybody gets a more fair share

 

[jannievanzyl]

Guys I know what latency is

Then please explain how latency affects throughput based on the sliding window and MTU the session is using at that point in time.

PsyWulf, thats exactly what I was trying to explain to Jannie. Latency SHOULD not affect the speed at which a packet is sent

Latency does not affect speed, which is typically about 0.7c.

It, however, affects throughput substantially.

 

[ranger]

Can someone explain to me how doing a speed test on MYBB, the speed on International is higher for some than on local?

According to Jannie, if I understand it correctly high pings will greatly reduce your speed.

So basically according to the stats that is not the case.
My higher ping international shows higher speeds as well as in real life my international downloads seem faster.

Think about water in your hose pipe.

What is the relationship between the length of the pipe, and the diameter? There is no rule, you could have a short fat pipe, or a long narrow one, or the other way around.

Higher latency than should be required for the normal transmission of the light from one end of the fiber to the other indicates that the pipe is full, and as such, the "water" you are waiting for has to wait for other "water".

So, higher-than-normal pings to a specific destination indicate lower "speed" (throughput) to the destination than usual. But, latency still doesn't say anything about the "speed" of different sites, which may have different length vs diameter ratios when not congested, when latency is almost purely dependent on the distance the light has to travel.