trace from IDC which located in Bejing,China.
traceroute -n london1.linode.com
traceroute to london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9), 30 hops max, 46 byte packets
1 10.10.10.1 1.440 ms 1.387 ms 0.854 ms
2 124.42.X.X 2.625 ms 2.114 ms 2.940 ms
3 203.86.64.121 2.075 ms 2.677 ms 2.079 ms
4 203.86.64.82 2.983 ms 2.281 ms 2.816 ms
5 192.168.51.73 4.521 ms 3.471 ms 4.044 ms
6 159.226.254.53 1.996 ms 2.044 ms 2.470 ms
7 159.226.254.158 2.274 ms 3.056 ms 2.163 ms
8 194.25.210.105 205.778 ms 205.786 ms 206.176 ms
9 217.239.40.58 209.882 ms 209.862 ms 225.681 ms
MPLS Label=314224 CoS=0 TTL=127 S=0
10 217.239.40.61 278.173 ms 278.093 ms 62.154.14.5 279.628 ms
MPLS Label=314496 CoS=0 TTL=127 S=0
11 217.239.40.33 309.745 ms 309.082 ms 309.047 ms
MPLS Label=16651 CoS=0 TTL=127 S=0
12 62.156.131.149 306.345 ms 309.121 ms 306.414 ms
13 193.159.226.146 346.202 ms 346.193 ms 346.959 ms
14 217.20.44.218 346.551 ms 346.475 ms 346.609 ms
15 109.74.207.9 341.924 ms 341.624 ms 341.798 ms
ping london, fremont from China IDC wrote:
ping london1.linode.com
PING london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=339 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=339 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=339 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=339 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=339 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=5 ttl=51 time=340 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=6 ttl=51 time=341 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=7 ttl=51 time=340 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=8 ttl=51 time=340 ms
64 bytes from london1.linode.com (109.74.207.9): icmp_seq=9 ttl=51 time=340 ms
--- london1.linode.com ping statistics ---
11 packets transmitted, 10 received, 9% packet loss, time 10004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 339.237/340.142/341.007/1.007 ms, pipe 2
ping fremont1.linode.com
PING host27.linode.com (64.71.152.17) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from fremont1.linode.com (64.71.152.17): icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=226 ms
64 bytes from fremont1.linode.com (64.71.152.17): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=226 ms
64 bytes from fremont1.linode.com (64.71.152.17): icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=228 ms
64 bytes from fremont1.linode.com (64.71.152.17): icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=224 ms
64 bytes from fremont1.linode.com (64.71.152.17): icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=227 ms
64 bytes from fremont1.linode.com (64.71.152.17): icmp_seq=5 ttl=51 time=226 ms
64 bytes from fremont1.linode.com (64.71.152.17): icmp_seq=6 ttl=51 time=226 ms
64 bytes from fremont1.linode.com (64.71.152.17): icmp_seq=7 ttl=51 time=219 ms
--- host27.linode.com ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 received, 0% packet loss, time 7009ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 219.288/225.545/228.107/2.586 ms, pipe 2
mnordhoff wrote:
jdlspeedy wrote:
from China, isn't London DC closer to China than Fremont DC?
Geographically, as the bird flies? Looks like you're right. Internet-wise may be different, though. Still, I guess it's worth checking London out just to see, but I'd be surprised if it was significantly better.