Originally posted by: freegeeks
Originally posted by: Trente
All I am saying is that major sites on the internet are mostly located in America. Do you agree with me?
I'll say this again: MOST MAJOR SITES ARE IN THE USA. you are a British/Belgian on a major American hardware site. the most popular hardware sites out there are American = major sites in this specific field are in USA. so far so good?
same goes for other fields. America is the most influential country in the world in most fields - and I only gave one tiny example. do you agree?
if so, then you can say the same about the internet: the most "influential" (please notice the "") websites are American. so far so good?
An American person will be able to enjoy a better surfing experience because he is routed better to MOST MAJOR sites; routing does affect even a simple task of surfing. that is why native sites load faster. do you agree?
if so, then you agree with the fact that your ISP has a better routing in your country than outside the country. same goes for the other side: if an American is surfing to a European site, it is obvious that you guys who are located in Europe will be able to load it faster. so far so good?
BTW, no need to call anyone moron here. we are arguing and that is fine. I stick with my LOGICAL say.
yeah,
I'm sure that the 30ms seconds in ping difference will significantly decrease my surf experience on anandtech,
:roll:
keep going :thumbsup:
can you give another quote about the "centralized" internet, please
more routers = bigger potential for problems as you throw in more "factors" (that can go wrong like anything else) into the picture. also, more links = more bottlenecks. we all know that the weakest link determines the all-around quality of your connection.
If I surf directly from a station located in an ISP office (no cable/dsl to go through - just a LAN connected directly to one of the ISP's routers), my experience is much better than at home, where I have to go through local routing points up until I reach my ISP. It has nothing to do with bandwidth [as any ISP's bandwidth to sites abroad is poor next to any local LAN that regular cable/dsl customers have to go through "to get to the internet"] - it is all about routing: more "hops" and points are added into the mix.
I want to note again: i'm not an American nore am I an America fanboy. I would, too, like to enjoy the internet at its best. I really have nothing against the EU or anyone else, I just wanted to state simple facts.