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. > > > > Currently we are using NTT and Telstra, which has good connectivity in > Asia except mainland China. > > > > *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+david=xtom....@nanog.org> * On Behalf Of *Eric > Dugas via NANOG > *Sent:* Saturday, December 18, 2021 3:12 AM > *To:* nanoguser99 <nanoguse...@protonmail.com> > *Cc:* nanog@nanog.org > *Subject:* Re: Carrier Options in Hong Kong > > > > 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 > > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com/> Secure Email. > > > > -- Mehmet +1-424-298-1903