Re: 50Mb across the country in 6 seconds

From: James Poplawski <jb.poplawski_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 12:22:58 -0800

WAAS?

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On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Jersey Guy <guy.jersey_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Gents. This DBA guy tells me he copied a 50Mb file from his machine
> in New Jersey to a server in California in 6 seconds. I told him that's not
> possible because the smallest link in the path is 1Gb/sec but MTU is 1500,
> so even if you take wire speed, it would be at least 33 seconds before the
> file was copied. Am I wrong in saying so?
>
> TIA
>
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