[thelist] "Local" Hosting - why?

Ron White ronw at marathoninnovations.com
Thu May 10 14:21:43 CDT 2001


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>From our side of the pond:

Pinging rackspace.com [207.71.44.100] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 207.71.44.100: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=244
Reply from 207.71.44.100: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=244
Reply from 207.71.44.100: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=244
Reply from 207.71.44.100: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=244

Ping statistics for 207.71.44.100:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 60ms, Maximum =  70ms, Average =  62ms

C:\>ping rackspace.co.uk

Pinging rackspace.co.uk [194.164.155.2] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 194.164.155.2: bytes=32 time=110ms TTL=53
Reply from 194.164.155.2: bytes=32 time=110ms TTL=53
Reply from 194.164.155.2: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=53
Reply from 194.164.155.2: bytes=32 time=110ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 194.164.155.2:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 110ms, Maximum =  111ms, Average =  110ms

Thanks,
Ron White

C:\>ping rackspace.com

Pinging rackspace.com [207.71.44.100] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 207.71.44.100: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=230
Reply from 207.71.44.100: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=230
Reply from 207.71.44.100: bytes=32 time=156ms TTL=233
Reply from 207.71.44.100: bytes=32 time=156ms TTL=233

Ping statistics for 207.71.44.100:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 140ms, Maximum =  156ms, Average =  148ms

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UK rackspace:

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C:\>ping rackspace.co.uk

Pinging rackspace.co.uk [194.164.155.2] with 32 bytes of dat

Reply from 194.164.155.2: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=54
Reply from 194.164.155.2: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=54
Reply from 194.164.155.2: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=54
Reply from 194.164.155.2: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 194.164.155.2:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 31ms, Maximum =  78ms, Average =  50ms

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UK pings look to be twice as fast.






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