Originally Posted by Drunkmunky
My trace routes usually go:
Melbourne Hop ~50ms
Sydney Hop ~70ms
LA Hop ~200ms
etc....
So the problem is the undersea links to America which several companies are working to install new links (including Google I hear!) at the moment, if this makes any difference remains to be seen. I don't know why the AusGamers vote ended up like that, are people completely retarded? I would've waited 6months to get real Australian servers no worries.
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After reading the comments of that AusGamers survey, it seems that the 6 month wait was only for billing and customer service facilities. No guarantee was placed on the provision of servers after 6 months, or if ever.
As for the link between Australia and America, I wouldn't expect ping speeds to improve by a new link being established. The
Southern Cross Cable Network covers a distance of about 14,000 KM, from coast to coast. Traffic across this fibre-optic link is at best 70ms. The theoretical maximum speed of light could do this distance in 46.7 ms, but that would require the data to be travelling inside a vacuum, and it would not involve multiple repeaters that are required for signal strength.
To get to LA you add about 20-30ms. So under a best case scenario, the trip from Sydney to LA is about 100ms. This is fairly close to drunkmunky's observed value of 130ms. I'm sure routing issues and congestion would explain the difference.
Ohh, and hi D3cadent, good to see you're still around gaming
Bring on SC2.