How does my IPPs choice of upstream providers affect performance?
Generally speaking, greater geographical separation between your server and our monitoring station means greater network latency. Transmission of data from your server to us involves routing through several relay points, with each relay adding a small delay. However, this relationship is not linear. The relay delay will be greater for points which involve a change of backbone. For example, if a relay point involves changing from Sprint to MCI, this will involve a greater delay. This is one of the reasons why the exact impact of network performance on your server is difficult to measure precisely.
