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Really? Sometimes when there is a problem with out of SA connectivity the only non-local websites that work are Google and YouTube. I’ve got 20ms ping times so

Really? Sometimes when there is a problem with out of SA connectivity the only non-local websites that work are Google and YouTube. I’ve got 20ms ping times so Google must have a point of presence in SA.

bobviolier 7y ago
I am gonna guess he meant a datacenter for Google Cloud. Google probably has their own points-of-presence for Google and YouTube.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
  Yes, it does, check out the network tab here: https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/ https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/
Havoc 7y ago
They have some sort of caching or CDN yes, but you can't spin up a gcp compute instance for example. Ie far away from a full blown cloud region. Also the presence of local CDN doesn't imply Google presence. Eg the steam servers in SA are hosted by ISPs
cheerlessbog 7y ago
Azure recently opened a datacenter, apparently AWS and GCP do not yet have one. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/microsofts-south-african-data-centers-now-open-azure-business/ https://www.geekwire.com/2019/microsofts-south-african-data-...