>re: the speed of the internet over distance
>https://blog.httpwatch.com/2008/08/14/the-surprising-effect-of-distance-on-download-speed/
>That said, as you point out, you've been optimizing the client-server layer for many years to minimize this reality.
>Hank

Hi Hank

Internet is like a road network, routers being the crossroads between branches; between routers, packets go as fast as link allows, and queue up for processing by routers.

Long distance (eg. international) links are subjected to a number of routers that slow down the transfer;
Russian members may confirm whether a short or long distance connection within Russia (with the same tech on both ends) makes a difference or not.

As FoxInCloud measures the Internet response time (eg. http://foxincloud.com/tutotest/bs/foxincloud-status.tuto?tab=forms, global response time breakdown table at the top), we can see that average Internet response time is clearly faster on domestic applications compared to international applications:

• Domestic: https://dooxi.fr/: .15 s


• International: http://foxincloud.com/tutotest/bs/: .41 s

However, a .41s response time allows a global response time under 1s, which is the recognized limit for perceiving the response time as 'fast'