[AusNOG] Amazon: And the winner is (not) Sydney

[Michael Kratz]

On 03/03/2011, at 3:37 PM, Marcus Emanuel @ HostCorp wrote:

> Peering exchanges googles ASN appears at
> 
> https://www.euro-ix.net/member/m/isp/choosing/ixpmembers/search?query=15169&
> commit=Search
> 
> so according to this:
> 
> Equinix Sydney and Pipe IX SYD are their aussie network peering points, and
> with the pings of sub 1ms from syd core links, there is google gear there
> rather than just a peering trunk.
> 
> Wouldn't surprise me if Singapore was the closest google cache that Tel$tra
> sees though!


Whilst there is gear there, what you may be seeing is simply the edge of the Google 'cloud'.

That edge may be a bunch of caches in various places.

Whether there are any core cloud resources in Australia or not is the real question.