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location result min. rrt avg. rrt max. rrt Santa Clara, U.S.A. Okay 190.9 192.3 193.8 Florida, U.S.A. Okay 162.3 163.3 164.6 New York, U.S.A. Okay 126.5 127.8 129.1 Austin1, U.S.A. Okay 172.6 173.2 174.2 Austin, U.S.A. Okay 171.4 172.0 173.0 Vancouver, Canada Okay 197.5 198.0 198.9 Amsterdam2, Netherlands Okay 49.9 50.5 51.2 San Francisco, U.S.A. Okay 224.9 227.9 231.2 Amsterdam3, Netherlands Okay 67.4 73.6 82.3 Chicago, U.S.A. Okay 140.6 141.5 142.2 Stockholm, Sweden Okay 32.2 32.8 34.0 London, United Kingdom Okay 62.5 63.1 64.8 Cologne, Germany Okay 80.6 86.7 93.2 Krakow, Poland Okay 82.2 83.6 86.0 Copenhagen, Denmark Okay 50.0 50.6 52.5 Amsterdam, Netherlands Okay 48.8 49.5 51.4 Madrid, Spain Okay 87.5 88.2 89.0 Munchen, Germany Okay 84.3 89.8 97.6 Lille, France Okay 67.9 69.9 74.2 Cagliari, Italy Okay 85.4 86.4 88.0 Groningen, Netherlands Okay 52.2 53.1 54.9 Sydney, Australia Okay 359.9 362.6 375.4 Hong Kong, China Okay 320.1 329.3 335.8 Zurich, Switzerland Okay 80.9 83.5 85.4 Nagano, Japan Okay 301.3 302.0 302.9 Antwerp, Belgium Okay 61.8 62.7 65.3 Singapore, Singapore Okay 349.3 355.0 359.4 Porto Alegre, Brazil Okay 309.8 314.3 321.2 Melbourne, Australia Okay 383.9 385.0 386.0 Mumbai, India Okay 198.6 199.5 202.0 Shanghai, China Okay 440.3 441.8 443.3 Haifa, Israel Okay 142.7 144.3 145.9 Auckland, New Zealand Packets lost (10%) 375.7 378.3 384.6 Johannesburg, South AfricaOkay 334.9 337.4 340.5
