Give Your Data a Shortcut

Do you know what happens after you hit the "Send" button in your email program or when you hit the "Upload" button on your FTP program? Most people take for granted what happens next and how the data gets to where it's going. Much like cars traveling on a highway, the data has to enter and exit a complicated and long system of networks. Logically, the shorter the distance the data has to travel, the faster the data gets to where its going and the less time you spend waiting.

One quick way to test potential speed and time saved is by using a ping test, the Internet's version of Sonar. A ping test simply sends and receives data packets from one location to another across a network. It then reports how long that round trip took.

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