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This is big news for us in NZ, and on the back of Microsoft announcing an Azure region here too. Pretty good for a small country to have both AWS and Azure regi

by amanzi 5y ago

This is big news for us in NZ, and on the back of Microsoft announcing an Azure region here too. Pretty good for a small country to have both AWS and Azure regions right here on our doorstep.

chi_features 5y ago
It is great news and I am surprised to be honest. From New Zealand, our closest AWS region is Sydney with a ping (over Wifi, as I write this from Auckland) of 44ms. Our population is ~5M. This only spells great things for the tech prospects in NZ which are already very bright. I, for one, am excited to continue to base tech businesses in this country.
- herpderperator 5y ago
  RTT to Sydney from Auckland over fibre is about half that at 25ms.
  - Widdershin 5y ago
    Disturbingly enough my ping is 32ms from Wellington to Sydney, and over 40ms to Christchurch, even though Christchurch is ~10x closer.
    - idonotknowwhy 5y ago
      Melbourne to Sydney I'm getting 33ms average. Your 25ms is awesome, you guys did a much better broadband network than us
      - lugged 5y ago
        You make this sound like some kind of achievment.
      - gregoryl 5y ago
        Who is your provider? I have ~5ms, FTTN, AussieBroadband. Is the latency local WiFi?