--- On Thu, 11/15/12, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > From: William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> > Subject: Re: MPLS acceptable latency? > To: "Mikeal Clark" <mikeal.cl...@gmail.com> > Cc: "NANOG [nanog@nanog.org]" <nanog@nanog.org> > Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 1:23 PM > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:54 PM, > Mikeal Clark <mikeal.cl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I have some AT&T MPLS sites under a managed > contract with latency > > averaging 75-85 ms without any load. These sites > are only 45 minutes > > away. > > I've noticed this with AT&T's MPLS product when dealing > with the > internal corporate network here. I don't know what they're > doing wrong > but it is so very wrong.
circa 2007, noticed same thing: never below 90ms coast-to-coast across as13979. atm ds3 handoffs on both ends. > > > What is considered normal/acceptable? > > Less than 10ms unless you're using a sub-T1 interface or > going a very > long distance. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com > b...@herrin.us > 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> > Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 > >
