On 8/2/2012 13:12, clipka wrote:
> On a typical point-to-point link between a gamer's computer and the internet
> provider, the data transfer rate has absolutely, positively /nothing/ to do
> with latency.

This isn't true. The higher the throughput, the faster the end of the packet 
arrives after the beginning has been sent.

Send a 1K packet 100 miles over a 300-baud modem. Now send a 1K packet 100 
miles over a gigabit fiber. Which gets there first if you start them at the 
same time?

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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