Re: Carrier Options in Hong Kong

[Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>]

I think the biggest difference between what the IP transit providers have
described is that PCCW is also a major middle-mile and last-mile provider
in Hong Kong. You'll find their 100Mbps to gigabit class end user service
in apartments, condos and office buildings throughout the city.

The non-HK based transit providers that would be in a top-40 CAIDA ASRANK
size are generally *not* operators of last mile connectivity within the
city.



On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 2:54 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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