Re: [tlug] Is Japan closer to U.S. or ...?

["SCHWARTZ, Fernando G." <fgs@example.com>]

On 12/19/2014 09:05, Darren Cook wrote:
> In terms of internet distance, is a server hosted in Western U.S. or
> Singapore closer to Japan?  Ping times, available bandwidth, latency:
> I'm not too worried about how exactly "closer" is defined.

The US one maybe closer in topology terms but unlikely you end up with 
something faster. From experiences that I have, a so called "continental 
hop" is 100ms at best.

The key to your answer is investing in traceroute research from your 
neck-of-the-woods. You may have 4 very fast "LAN-type" hops and 1 
between operators slowing down... Really depends. There is no definitive 
answer, I think.

Doesn't Amazon operate full-blown locally already in this town once 
called Edo, my stupid question.

http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2011/03/02/announcing-asia-pacific-tokyo-region/

Cheers everybody,

Fernando.