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Ignitionnet · 31-10-2009, 10:44

There's no congestion anywhere on the route and there's no congestion on VM's core network. That actually takes a pretty direct route and the VM backbone is quite sensibly laid out given the size of the network, it's a quite standard design.

I was merely pointing out that just because a traceroute has a few hops it doesn't indicate a bottleneck or issue and a bit of a trip around the country on uncongested links isn't going to harm speeds even if the route isn't geographically 'optimal'.

Anyway minor digression, suffice to say that the traceroute and core network aren't likely to be an issue in this case.

I must make a mental note not to drink Cognac again too, it appears to cause me to post my thoughts without them going through the sensible part of my brain which usually keeps them to myself.

31-10-2009, 10:44	#81
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: XL BB 20 meg has dropped to 4 meg HP1 area There's no congestion anywhere on the route and there's no congestion on VM's core network. That actually takes a pretty direct route and the VM backbone is quite sensibly laid out given the size of the network, it's a quite standard design. I was merely pointing out that just because a traceroute has a few hops it doesn't indicate a bottleneck or issue and a bit of a trip around the country on uncongested links isn't going to harm speeds even if the route isn't geographically 'optimal'. Anyway minor digression, suffice to say that the traceroute and core network aren't likely to be an issue in this case. I must make a mental note not to drink Cognac again too, it appears to cause me to post my thoughts without them going through the sensible part of my brain which usually keeps them to myself.