i really wonder what limits speeds they way they do now and why does distance really kill it that much.
packetloss and retransmissions kill the speed
1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms ua-85-226-177-2.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se [85.226
.177.2]
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms vlan2.dr2.lul10.se.bredband.com [195.54.119.238]
3 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms port-channel3.dr1.lul1.se.bredband.com [195.54.1
19.233]
4 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms ge1-2.cr1.lul1.se.bredband.com [195.54.120.225]
5 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms pos3-0.cr2.svl1.se.bredband.com [195.54.124.134]
6 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms pos5-0.cr1.svl1.se.bredband.com [195.54.123.97]
7 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms pos6-0-0.cr2.sto1.se.bredband.com [195.54.123.18
1]
8 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms pos13-0.cr1.sto2.se.bredband.com [195.54.123.122
]
9 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms pos5-0.cr2.sto2.se.bredband.com [195.54.123.94]
10 41 ms 41 ms 41 ms pos1-0.br1.ams1.se.bredband.com [195.54.123.150]
11 37 ms 38 ms 37 ms ge-4-1-0.714.mpr3.ams1.nl.above.net.86.4.62.in-a
ddr.arpa [62.4.86.129]
12 37 ms 37 ms 38 ms so-0-0-0.mpr1.ams5.nl.above.net [64.125.27.182]
13 55 ms 55 ms 56 ms so-5-0-0.cr2.lhr3.uk.above.net [64.125.27.177]
14 127 ms 127 ms 127 ms so-7-0-0.cr2.dca2.us.above.net [64.125.27.165]
15 151 ms 151 ms 151 ms so-2-3-0.cr2.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.13]
16 185 ms 185 ms 185 ms 216.200.6.237.theplanet.com [216.200.6.237]
17 183 ms 183 ms 188 ms vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61]
18 188 ms 188 ms 189 ms vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83]
19 188 ms 188 ms 188 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.6
9]
20 182 ms 192 ms 182 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85
]
Trace complete.
packetloss over a low latency route, will not affect your speed as much
Edit: here is speed from a ftp in my town ;)
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms ua-85-226-177-2.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se [85.226
.177.2]
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms ltu1-lix.net.luth.se [193.10.81.129]
3 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms vlan802.net.luth.se [130.240.22.18]
4 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms
www.ltu.se [130.240.42.55]
Trace complete.
VanBuren
