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    Slower? By how much


    Go post a TraceRoute from both and lets have a look.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hotpass105 View Post
    Example, my server with gigabit on cogent is slower then my 100 mbit level3 server. (To any server's I have tried so far.)
    What is your location and the location of the servers respectively? The size of the port doesn't matter actually.

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    Level3 server is in Dallas < Better location I know.
    Cogent server is in Tampa, Fl < Alright location.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotpass105 View Post
    Level3 server is in Dallas < Better location I know.
    Cogent server is in Tampa, Fl < Alright location.
    What about the location you are accessing the servers from? If you are nearer to Dallas, naturally you will get better speed than Tampa.

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    Areas relative to the servers Texas for the server in Dallas and Florida for the Tampa server.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotpass105 View Post
    Example, my server with gigabit on cogent is slower then my 100 mbit level3 server. (To any server's I have tried so far.)
    port speed is irrelavent. however 120ms ping time going across the atlantic is and where you are is good actually.

    As others said if you want something lower ping times and a bit faster to you, find something in amsterdam or local/closer.
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    Crossing the pond will always result in longer ping times. What do you expect? It's not a Cogent problem but a physics problem that cannot be solved regardless of the host you used. My guess is only 5-10ms of that is Cogent's fault at most.
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    Take a look at Leaseweb for something closer to your location.
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    The problem I have is that the members of my sites are based everywhere :/

    I have some in Europe, majority in USA, and therefore Tampa was the only place where it would satisfy both.

    UK hosting is quite expensive
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    Dallas is about the best location overall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotpass105 View Post
    Dallas is about the best location overall.
    Judging for who? If a lot of the clients are in Europe, then Dallas would not be the best location. You would want something in the Northeast.

    As everyone else had said, the size of the port is not relevant in most cases for speed. The size just lets you have more capacity. If your not using over 100mbit then there is no reason to have a 1000mbit port.


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    I'm referencing to worldwide connectivity. Ex. Similar speeds for people in Japan, and U.K. or People in Canada or South America.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RadonSys Shamil View Post
    The problem I have is that the members of my sites are based everywhere :/

    I have some in Europe, majority in USA, and therefore Tampa was the only place where it would satisfy both.

    UK hosting is quite expensive
    You might want to look for something farther north on the east coast to cut down on latency to Europe. You would stop at hop 15/16 if you did that.
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    Hmm, do you know of any providers in that area?
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    I would move the server to NY (area) to get better europe latency and good to US.

    That would be your best place to be, good for US and good for Europe.

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    I also recommend Washington DC. There are some Atlantic hops from there to the UK.

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    This looks more like a case of incorrect router naming or an asymmetric route. You're getting from London to NYC (jfk02) in about 80ms, which is a normal time. While the need to pass through so many cities on the way down to Tampa may slow things down a bit, the overall ping time is very reasonable.

    If most of your customers are in Europe and the USA, good places to host from would be New York or Ashburn (near Washington DC).
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    I think the major exit to europe is NY I can recomend a host with lower latency but I don't know what your bw need's are.

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    Thanks everyone
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