From: n931648142.ch@chch.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article ,   
   Charles Polisher   wrote:   
   }(I am in reality just down the road from my ISP's datacenter.   
   }But please read on.)   
   }   
   }I've graphed RTT vs. packet-size for UDP over several hops between   
   }me and a distant host. Graphs are at http://imgur.com/a/tcQFJ   
      
   The graphs for hops 8 and 9 show that the round-trip time is limited   
   by a low-bitrate link. Assuming the minimum and maximum packet sizes   
   are 64 and 1500, and the best times for each are 50ms and 130ms, this   
   gives about 17,950 bits per second - the speed of a dialup modem.   
      
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