Re: Datacenter recommendations - China and Latin America

[tvest () eyeconomics com]

On Sep 8, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Benjamin Billon wrote:

> You could get a China Telecom link in HK as well as many others: sit  
> astride the Great Firewall!

From a cost, operational, and routing perspective, the same would be  
true if you got a CT link in Los Angeles or San Francisco.

Since CT and CNC control all routes between China and everywhere else  
in the world-- including HK -- and the outsideCN-to-insideCN segment  
is going to be the most expensive and complicated element of any path  
between China and anywhere else, the choice of interconnect location  
with your preferred China-side service provider provider is largely  
going to be a matter of personal taste/local convenience.

Don't get me wrong, I like Hong Kong too -- just trying to make sure  
that everyone understands the situation clearly...

TV

> > What is the Great Firewall relationship between Hong Kong and the  
> > mainland PRC, as compared to the mainland PRC vs. the rest of the  
> > world?