Re: Carrier Options in Hong Kong

[nanoguser99 via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

Looking glass pings from Lumen to my gear behind PCCW = 1ms, immediate handoff. Looking glass pings from Lumen -> 
Google (216.239.38.120), immediate handoff. Some CDNs\cloud are 30 ms away, like you said Tokyo or Singapore.

My main concern is the eyeball networks. Is PCCW the main carrier for the eyeball networks there or do they all peer in 
country for the most part.

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On Friday, December 17th, 2021 at 7:12 PM, Eric Dugas <edugas () unknowndevice ca> wrote:

> I am in no way an expert in APAC but all of the IP carriers I have in NA are present in HK: Cogent, Tata, Telia, Zayo.
>
> My guess is a good portion of the interconnections with other IP carriers, CDNs and such will be either in Singapore 
> or Tokyo.
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:56 PM nanoguser99 via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
>
> > Nanog,
> >
> > Currently my organization uses PCCW which we pay through the nose for and I'm looking to cut them. This was put in 
> > place before me. I was informed that PCCW is "the carrier" in Hong Kong but based on my analysis I'm not sure that's 
> > the case. My analysis of carriers such as Lumen and Cogent put them on par with PCCW. Pings to random IPs in HK are 
> > reasonable fast on all of them, same with pings to cloud providers. Access to mainland is not a hard requirement but 
> > just to check they all had 300+ ms latency to known IPs in Shanghai and Tanjin.
> >
> > I know some regions such as Korea or Dubai are monopolized where the wrong carrier takes you on a far away path to 
> > get a few blocks down the street.
> >
> > I don't need anything special, just general DIA and good access to eyeballs and internet. I just wanted to see 
> > people's opinions here as APAC connectivity can be tricky.
> >
> > - Nanoguser99
> >
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