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qasdfdsaq · 14-05-2012, 00:09

I only see one graph (though when I did see two there was very little difference)

You can't get your routing changed. At least not easily, or individually. You could try forcing a change of IP, which might change routing. I've seen increases of 14ms on VM from the above.

Distance and latency have a funny weird interaction on VM's network. Birmingham to London takes longer than Manchester to London. A lot of VM traffic to Amsterdam also takes twice as long as it should, because it takes a shorter (!) path.

I don't think it's being picky - I get similarly peeved when BT do a MPLS reroute or turn interleaving on on my line (12-16ms extra latency) as I notice an immediate difference in gaming and remote desktop and VPN performance.

VM has made a serious turn towards cheap, fat, high latency pipes lately, at all levels of their network.

14-05-2012, 00:09	#2
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: Routing within the VM Network I only see one graph (though when I did see two there was very little difference) You can't get your routing changed. At least not easily, or individually. You could try forcing a change of IP, which might change routing. I've seen increases of 14ms on VM from the above. Distance and latency have a funny weird interaction on VM's network. Birmingham to London takes longer than Manchester to London. A lot of VM traffic to Amsterdam also takes twice as long as it should, because it takes a shorter (!) path. I don't think it's being picky - I get similarly peeved when BT do a MPLS reroute or turn interleaving on on my line (12-16ms extra latency) as I notice an immediate difference in gaming and remote desktop and VPN performance. VM has made a serious turn towards cheap, fat, high latency pipes lately, at all levels of their network.