Console Connect unlocks improved network latency

Console Connect has partnered with Syntropy, a network solutions business building a decentralised data availability layer using blockchain, in a real-world deployment study to improve latency and throughput on the public internet.

Console Connect delivered a bundle of nodes and network connectivity that were algorithmically selected to be deployed on Syntropy’s underperforming routes and saw:

• A median latency improvement per relay of 18.6ms (versus an improvement of 10.4ms in a non-Console Connect node)

• Reduced packet loss of an entire percentage point, from a pre-existing 1.66% down to 0.067%, (versus an improvement of only 0.22% points, from 0.23% to 0.013% for non-Console Connect nodes)

• Between 46% and 72% of Syntropy’s daily SDN (Software Defined Networking) throughput was piped through Console Connect nodes

• And out of all unique assigned paths, 24.58% were assigned through Console Connect.

Syntropy installed DARPs – Distributed Autonomous Routing Protocol – to the Console Connect nodes through which the overlay detects the fastest and most efficient network paths and relayed the traffic when they were able to provide a superior route than those decided by Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), a default public internet gateway.

Leveraging Console Connect’s global network, Syntropy was able to demonstrate the route around critical failures, removing bottlenecks and limitations of the existing BGP system, and unlocking greater scalability potential for future technologies and applications.

“Console Connect is considered as a Tier 1 ISP worldwide and it has a great mix of services that Syntropy can benefit from. Console Connect understands in which direction the industry moves and the possibility of our platform, and how it can help solve some of the existing challenges the internet currently has.” said Mikas Stankevicius, Senior Product Manager at Syntropy.

“One of the biggest frustrations for companies participating in the global digital economy is a reliance on the traditional public internet. The core of the global internet is a weak link for traffic because vector pathing is managed by BGP and is beyond the control of the enterprise. But the work Console Connect is doing in partnership with Syntropy provides secure and user-centric connectivity through a unifying layer optimised for performance,” said Neil Templeton, SVP at Console Connect.

The Console Connect and Syntropy solution was utilised by Entain, the international sports betting and gambling company, during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The solution reduced risk inherent to global network transit, removed the limitations of internet protocols, and optimised throughput in complex environments with multiple data centres and cloud providers.