Re: WAN transfer rates

["Vincent J. Bono" <vbono () vinny org>]

A nifty graph that I have found to be fairly accurate is at a little way
down the page.

http://www.atlantateleport.com/Services/TCP_IP_Via_Satellite/tcp_ip_via_satellite.htm

And an intensive whitepaper at:

http://public.lanl.gov/radiant/pubs/drs/hpdc2002.pdf


Hope this helps.

-v



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Nelson" <jnelson () rackspace com>
> To: <nanog () nanog org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:24 AM
> Subject: WAN transfer rates
>
>
> > Possibly someone in this forum with a better understanding of tcp/ip can
> > articulate this better than I....
> >
> > I realize that transfer rates across the Internet diminish significantly
> > with latency, but what's the good answer for someone shrunk down to
> > <10Mbps when the smallest pipe between them is 100Mbps and latency is
> > <40ms?
> >
> > Does anyone have reference to any study done in this area? I'm sure
> > window tuning can alter this, but I'm interested in average statistics.
> >
> > Any reference would be appreciated.
> >
> > thanks,
> > jeff