Routing path performance
Another component that is generally outside the control of a network operator is the overall network path. Peering agreements between upstream providers will determine the final path traffic with traverse. This path will often be weighted toward monetary cost and not always network path cost.
For many years, I ran the network for a small company in Minneapolis, MN, with the majority of our customers being local to Minneapolis. On occasion, I would receive complaints of slow performance of our network as customers attempted to communicate with our systems.
After troubleshooting, we would identify a slow hop in the path between their systems and our systems. The most frustrating part was, physically, our facilities were only ...
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