PCCW / HKT are the main networks for eyeball HKT ASs feed into AS3491 which is the international arm, PCCW global if you will.
> On Dec 17, 2021, at 14:05, nanoguser99 via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > > > Looking glass pings from Lumen to my gear behind PCCW = 1ms, immediate > handoff. Looking glass pings from Lumen -> Google (216.239.38.120), > immediate handoff. Some CDNs\cloud are 30 ms away, like you said Tokyo or > Singapore. > > My main concern is the eyeball networks. Is PCCW the main carrier for the > eyeball networks there or do they all peer in country for the most part. > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >> On Friday, December 17th, 2021 at 7:12 PM, Eric Dugas >> <edu...@unknowndevice.ca> wrote: >> 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 Secure Email. >>> >
