Denver or Seattle VDS?

[zombie_batch]

I'm looking at renting a VDS but am not sure of which location I should choose for highest bandwidth to me/my area.

I'll be primarily located in Laramie, WY at the University. UW is a Level 3 customer, so that's great InterNAP has a direct connection with L3. Right now UW is on break so I can't do ping tests from on campus, but at my parent's house on Bresnan (ISP) I'm getting better average latencies to Seattle's test CS server, both Premium and InterNAP, than I am to Denver InterNAP. I realize this connection is not directly comparable to what I'd normally have, but seeing as I'm geographically closer to Denver regardless, is this to be expected? Does Seattle simply have more bandwidth? I'm in northern Wyoming right now, so it may simply be how the internet backbone is routed; I'd be surprised if I still had better latency to Seattle when I'm 2 hours from Denver. Thanks!

[kraze]

) I'm getting better average latencies to Seattle's test CS server, both Premium and InterNAP, than I am to Denver InterNAP. I realize this connection is not directly comparable to what I'd normally have, but seeing as I'm geographically closer to Denver regardless, is this to be expected?

I would say it is, as Denver doesn't have the best routing, so it can cause higher pings.

Does Seattle simply have more bandwidth? I'm in northern Wyoming right now, so it may simply be how the internet backbone is routed; I'd be surprised if I still had better latency to Seattle when I'm 2 hours from Denver. Thanks!

Seattle does have a better connection but I do not think that would really help, It would have to do with how you are being routed..etc.

This is what a premium location is;

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Our Premium locations are based on a strong foundation of InterNAP bandwidth, but through the use of special routing rules and other bandwidth providers, we enhance it even further so that latencies are the lowest we can make them for all customers. "Premium" locations should offer the best possible latencies in their respective cities. Not just lower than InterNAP alone, but lower than anyone else out there.

[Edge100x]

Bresnan has some very strange routing sometimes, and Denver can also behave unpredictably when it comes to forwarding paths because there is a lack of good peering between NSPs in that city. I would definitely recommend waiting and testing from school to see which location performs best for you from there.

[zombie_batch]

Right on, both of you were very helpful. Thanks! I'll do another ping test this weekend hopefully.

[zombie_batch]

It looks like from UW I'm getting 41-42ms to Denver on average and 68-71 for both Seattle servers. Thanks!

[IcEWoLF]

Yep, Denver is central.
You will get better latency there.

Seattle is a very good location, especially for the mid west.
If I had to chose one, I'd say Seattle is the most desirable location.

[Edge100x]

I generally recommend Chicago or Dallas over Denver, because they are also central and a greater number of people ping well to them than to Denver. But, you can easily try everything .