Actually the one thing that DOES reduce latency is never mentioned - the network you are connecting to.<p>Smaller players like Internap charge you more, in return they deliver the lowest-latency bandwidth possible. They do this by contiuously tuning their BGP (routing) setups and make sure to buy direct routes to most big suppliers, like Level3, ATT, NTT (Japan), Cogent, TeliaSonera etc. etc. Thus the mix you get, is a tuned mix of 5 to 7 other suppliers.