[Year 12 SofDev] SAC 301 Location of Web Host

[Adrian Janson]

Hi Russell,

 

My (possibly unqualified) opinion is that this really is a bit of a red
herring.  Partly I wrote this as I host my web-site in the US - and I don't
notice any (annoying) delays when I upload or download material.  I probably
does make a difference (as you said - the physics of it would say yes) - but
I don't think the difference is enough to be a concern.

 

Anyway - others may disagree with me!

 

Cheers,

Adrian

 

Adrian Janson B.Sc, Dip.Ed, M.Ed
Director of ICT
Melbourne High School, Forrest Hill, South Yarra, Victoria 3141 Australia.
Phone: 03 9826 0711 International: +61 3 9826 0711
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E-mail: janson.adrian.a at edumail.vic.gov.au

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Russell Quinn
Sent: Tuesday, 13 July 2010 11:24 AM
To: sofdev at edulists.com.au
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] SAC 301 Location of Web Host

 

Hi all,

         this question was raised by some students when

discussing Adrian's Pond Scum SAC 301.  I don't have

enough network experience to give a definitive answer.

 

The claim was that if the web hosting was moved from

America to Australia, the uploading of pictures would be

noticeably faster.

 

As a physicist I can see here would be a change in performance,

but I would have thought perhaps only milliseconds or perhaps a

few seconds at most. Of course if there is a problem routing to 

America one might sometimes experience a delay, but not always. 

 

Does anyone know the truth of the matter? 

 

TIA

 

Regards,

 

Russell Quinn


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