TISCALI

Fri Apr 9 09:25:30 UTC 2004

In article <cistron.20040409090839.0F874585EF at segue.merit.edu>,
Shazad <shazad at eservers.biz> wrote:
>Looking for opinions and experience on Tiscali IP network performance within
>Europe and out of Europe i.e. North America on the whole.. 
>I have heard mixed reports, but am looking for information from those with
>first-hand experience either on transit or peering level.
> 
>Would they be classed in top-three performing networks in Europe (recent
>bandx report gave them #1 spot)? If not what are you recommendations on
>reaching the largest amount of eyeballs on a very stable network primarily
>in Europe.

I think Telia is one of the better European networks. It seems they
have low-latency links to everyone and everywhere in .eu

Keep in mind though that both Telia and Tiscali refuse to peer with
smaller providers on the European exchanges.

It's probably a good idea to check if the provider you want to
use has an open peering policy as well as a large network if you
really want the best performance.

For example, http://www.ams-ix.net/connected/index.html lists
all members of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange, and their
peering policy.

Mike.