On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com> wrote:
Throughput of a network (Which i presume is what you are referring to as speed) depends on
Your presumption is erroneous. When I mentioned speed I was explicitly clear to mention it is the speed of propagation of light and not the maximum attainable bandwidth of the network.
latency, the application (e.g TCP/IP window sizes) and bandwidth (Maximum packets one can send across a link under ideal conditions)
Which is why you will notice I go to great pains to highlight the fact that I assume otherwise "identical" networks. This serves to encompass and abstract away everything else apart from the parameters in question (link BW and length)
The concepts form a lengthy explanation, but you cannot separate throughput and latency
Which was my exact point two emails back. So either the point of this email was to agree with me or I have misunderstood. Given your initial sentences I don't think it was the former. Please elucidate further. With kind regards