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Re:AWS IoT Button by staticelf on Friday May 13, 2016 @05:06AM (#11689384)
Well, it's a subjective statement as it is my opinion. But for me as a Swede:

* The closest retail in Amazon is in GB or Germany, orders takes weeks to reach me which is a mystery since I've ordered stuff from Germany before and they usual deliver within a week.

* Closest AWS datacenter is in Ireland, latency is high for nordic countries.

* Their documentation is very confusing, you can read all about their web services without understanding one. Leading to sites like this: https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english

But sure, their services works and is probably good for many, but I've never found them any useful at all.

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Re:AWS IoT Button by arviewer on Friday May 13, 2016 @08:42AM (#11690035)
Try Frankfurt. It may have better latency for you, even if it's further away.
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Re:AWS IoT Button by eterm on Friday May 13, 2016 @07:06AM (#11689685)
Isn't there an AWS Amsterdam datacenter which would be better latency?
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Re:AWS IoT Button by icebraining on Friday May 13, 2016 @07:30AM (#11689776)
Frankfurt, but latency doesn't always correlate directly with physical distance.
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