Re: Carrier Options in Hong Kong

[Mehmet Akcin <mehmet () akcin net>]

PCCW can be very competitive….. if you can find the right people and have
the volume. They are a lot easier to deal with (vs Telstra/NTT)

On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 06:09 David Guo via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:

> Eric, none of the carriers you mention in HK has local connection, other
> HK ISPs will route to US if they don’t peer with you.
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> Currently we are using NTT and Telstra, which has good connectivity in
> Asia except mainland China.
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> *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+david=xtom.com () nanog org> * On Behalf Of *Eric
> Dugas via NANOG
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 18, 2021 3:12 AM
> *To:* nanoguser99 <nanoguser99 () protonmail com>
> *Cc:* nanog () nanog org
> *Subject:* Re: Carrier Options in Hong Kong
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> 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.
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> My guess is a good portion of the interconnections with other IP carriers,
> CDNs and such will be either in Singapore or Tokyo.
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> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:56 PM nanoguser99 via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
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> Nanog,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> - Nanoguser99
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Mehmet
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