Australian Vs Us

We all know that it takes a 3 way handshaking to initiate a TCP connection. Therefore to start a HTTP connection, 12ms to Sydney and 180ms to LA round-trip time will be boosted to at least 18ms and 270ms -- more if the server is in US East Coast or in Europe. So for sites where there are many external links (JS, CSS, images, etc) they do add up, if each request is on different HTTP connections in cases where HTTP Keep Alive has been turned off, and there exists restrictions on the number of simultaneous connections.

In brief:

1. Australian based hosting provides shorter physical distances, make for lower time to travel and less devices and networks to traverse. (Example: US-US = 7 devices and 2 networks and US-AU = 10 devices 2 networks.

2. There are less points of failure, as there are fewer devices and networks used. However, reputable data centers typically have good redundancy and can re-route traffic when necessary.

3. Cost of bandwidth in AU is higher than in the US, therefore, if your site uses a large amount of bandwidth it will be more economical to host it on US networks. Absent the need for large amounts of bandwidth, hosting your site on a server nearer to the majority of your visitors makes sense due to speed and potential for network issues, even though network failures are rare and the speed difference is less than 1/4 of a second in most cases.

Speed test

You can ping to see the different responds between Australia and the US. To do so follow the instruction below

Ping Test: >From Windows Desktop >>> Start >>> Programs >>> Accessories >>> Command Prompt

Then....

To ping our AU server enter: ping 203.12.2.246
To ping our US server enter: ping 69.56.187.58

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