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How do I know which location is best for me?
I'm trying to choose between two locations, I am comparing their average ping and pathping hop results. I don't know if those tests are enough. I am from Southeast Asia.
Germany:
Average = 331ms;
Pathping # of hops = 9
AZ, USA:
Average = 187ms;
Pathping # of hops = 10
I'm not quite sure if those info are relevant at all, too.
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USA looks a lot better for you
Average = 187ms; Pathping # of hops = 10
Lucky you :-) You are in a much better place than I am!
Depend's what your using it for, for instance if it was a webserver you would want it closer to your target audience.
Might as well check download speeds, although with ping differences like that, more than likely you'll get better speeds to the AZ one.
+1 for what VMPort says as it all depends. I went with a Germany VPS as they seem to like IRCs more than others only to discover that some websites block German IP addresses so it was all moot.
I see, thanks for your input everyone!