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Which Asia Location
ChairHosting
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Hello All Lowend Readers
We are looking to expand to an asian location many due to that fact we have several companies in Asia(China) currently hosting in out US Location. What Location do you guys prefer and are there any Dedicated Server/Colocation Providers you guys recommend. We will be looking forward to your responses.
Thanks, Jacob
Which Asian Location
- Location?77 votes
- South Korea24.68%
- Japan18.18%
- Singapore35.06%
- Malaysia3.90%
- Hong Kong18.18%
Comments
South Korea for exotic!
Hello,
Someone else also recommended it, will keep that in mind, but any colocation or dedicated server provider you would recommend?
Thanks, Jacob
There are many options available for Japan - Linode KDDI, Windows Azure, Amazon, Softlayer, Sakura, Tsukaeru Cloud etc.
Singapore - readily available from HostSG, Softlayer, Internap, Leaseweb and Server.LU.
Malaysia would be interesting, if you could arrange for bandwidth speeds with 100Mbps (not less than that).
Hong Kong - I think it's becoming too common in the LowEnd Market, due to Softlayer services. Dediserve is also prety good It's readily available right now. To have value, it should have direct peering across China and great connectivity to Asia-Pacific.
South Korea - still a limited amount of providers for foreigners. My vote goes for South Korea. Currently StarryDNS provides services on Korea Telecom network, but I would interested in SK Broadband and LG U+ peering.
Preference:
1. South Korea
2. Malaysia
Hello
Thanks for the reply. I did take a look at Softlayer, Leasewweb and Internap but I have never heard of HostSG, Will definitely have a look. Also, http://www.hostway.co.kr/ is an option for korea but I honestly hope they have a sales rep that speaks english.
Thanks, Jacob
Unless you are targeting mainland China (and require CT/CU bandwidth which is a segregated market) then Singapore is best connected region in my opinion.
Linode/DigitalOcean/HostVirtual/Softlayer/Dediserve/AWS etc.. all have a footprint there.
From my understanding all Malaysia traffic flows via Singapore (even if it doesn't show on l3) so you would need a specific local demand to warrant KL hosting.
However if you have good remote peering it doesn't matter too much, for example Google Compute cloud is Taiwan for asia-east however they have remote peering at all regionally public peering hubs such as Equininx peering fabric Singapore and Hong Kong, similarly Azure is HK and a regional network that makes the issue negligible. If you're budget extends only to a handful of transit providers and connectivity to a local peering exchange then Singapore.
If you have to visit for colo reasons too then SG is much nicer than HK and easier to visit countries such as thailand, vietnam, laos, etc..
Hello,
Most of our Asia customers are actually on the east region of China and in this case Korea would be better but It seems Singapore is also a good choice.
Thanks, Jacob
Singapore and Korea
I think you can get some very nice bandwidth in Korea, close to USA too.
singapore :-)
South korea. No cheap vps avail
Australia
Indonesia or Singapore
Hong Kong is an international trade center
In pricing? In your dreams, yea....
What made you think I was talking about pricing?
South Korea, mostly dominated by the BIG 3 ISPs such as LG, SK and KT. KT bandwidth is expensive though, but speeds can be very high depending on the contract.
There is a obvious difference between consumer internet in Korea and datacentre IP transit. Many times higher.
I think you might have some trouble finding a carrier neutral DC and you will need a local contact to deal with any domestic datacenters.
Because if you don't care what the pricing would be, then you can get "very nice bandwidth" almost anywhere.
Indonesia or Singapore
Indonesia, Surabaya. Dolly datacenter cuk
dolly wes tutup mas :v
Yo opo to cak :P
Hello,
Singapore and South Korea seems like the best two choices.
Hong Kong will be the best choice for asia, as hong kong got better international bandwidth to worldwide (This also depend on which datacenter you select at Hong Kong). And now aday alot of people targeting at China market, Hong Kong make it perfect for china targeting.
Hello Lowend Community,
In response to the poll, we have confirmed a launch of a SG Location for VPS Hosting after working out the pricing with some DCs . The Plans should be launched within a few days
. Pricing should begin at ~~$8-10/Mo (USD)
Thanks, Jacob
Hello Lowend Community,
In response to the poll, we have confirmed a launch of a SG Location for VPS Hosting after working out the pricing with some DCs . The Plans should be launched within a few days
. Pricing should begin at ~~$8-10/Mo (USD)
Thanks, Jacob
That's over the LET limit
Hello
I am aware, thats the official pricing. LET Pricing will be at $7
Thanks, Jacob
Hi @ChairHosting, If you are looking for server or rack solution over SG location, please allow us to better serve you. We have rack in Telstra DC (110 Paya Lebar). You can do a site-visit, just prepare your passport 3 days prior to arrival. We do only have HP and Dell hardware (certain series) through our leasing company, though. But it might serve the VPS model you run, just drop me a PM with your Skype and will send all details you need.
@winnervps where are you physically located?
@ChairHosting, you need to include Taiwan
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Hello,
We probably won't be doing that any time soon. We will probably go for a European location next.
Thanks, Jacob