> Yes, but as soon as you hit the long distance network the latency is the

> same regardless of access method. So while I agree that understanding the
> effect of latency is important, it's no longer a meaningful way of selling
> fiber access. If your last-mile is fiber instead of ADSL2+ won't improve
> your long distance latency.

Well, it chops a great deal from the baseline physical latency, and most
people tend to access resources closer to them than farther away. An
american in paris might want to access the NYT, but Parisians La Monde.

Similarly most major websites are replicated and use CDNs to distribute
their data closer to the user. The physical RTT matters more and more
in the last mile the more resources are co-located in the local data center.