[nzlug] International traffic really slow

[SIMON WALKDEN]

I've noticed the same; i'd assumed it was a peering issue with my ISP
(inspire), as the natioanl throughput seemed to be affected also.

On 10/15/07, Glen Ogilvie <nelg at linuxsolutions.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi NZLUG,
>
> Has anyone else noticed that International traffic, during peak times (5pm - 1
> am), has got much slower than it was about 6 months ago.
>
> Recently, it's been getting to the stage where it's ridiculous. I've got quick
> national traffic; around 700KB/s download), but international is more like
> 40KB/s.  It was at about 60KB/s about 2 months ago.  During the non peak
> times, like at 6am, international is still about 300KB/s download.
>
> I am using World-net as my ISP.  I've heard that TelstraClear customers don't
> seem to have this problem as much, but I am interested to know if anyone else
> in Auckland, using home ASDL, is having speed issues?
>
> Regards
> Glen Ogilvie
>
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