Re:Please stop using CDNs for external JavaScript libraries
by esperent on Sunday October 11, 2020 @08:46PM
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> In your case, are all CDNs equal?
The big data centers in this region are in Singapore and I expect all CDNs have a presence there, so probably. I haven't exactly done any benchmarking though.
> the issue is not CDN or not, it's caching content closer to people whose ISPs don't provide sufficient service outside their own borders.
How would you do this without a CDN (on a small budget)?
In your case, are all CDNs equal? Do I just have to throw my content to the biggest provider?
Don't get me wrong. Disenfranchisng non-Western visitors is the last thing I want to do, but the issue is not CDN or not, it's caching content closer to people whose ISPs don't provide sufficient service outside their own borders.
I dislike that CDNs are the only way around this and I feel like it is centralizing Internet access in an unfavorable way.