ISP speed VS time to server
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- Mar 16, 2013
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The word you're looking for is *ping*.
Without getting too technical, that is the time it takes for a round trip from your system, to whatever server, and back.
Measured in milliseconds.
You improve the *ping* by moving physically closer to the server.
For instance, I have 75/75 fiber connection from Verizon.
Using speedtest.net, to a server close to here, ~50 miles, might show ISP speed of 82/81, and a ping of 25 ms.
Using that same test, but to a server 3,000 miles away, might show "ISP speed" of 80/80, but a ping of 220ms.
- Mar 16, 2013
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Not really.
Once the signal leaves your house, it is up to the vagaries of the internet.
This is one of the reasons that real estate in/near wall street is so expensive.
The big trading houses want their servers as close to the exchange as is physically possible.
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