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China Lays More Fiber, Improving Physical Connection To the Worldwide Internet
jfruh writes China's state-owned Internet service providers are improving the nation's connection to the worldwide Internet, adding seven new access points to the world's Internet backbone to improve speed and reliability for Chinese customers. This reveals the nation's essential Internet contradiction, improving its physical connection even as the government continues to block a number of important Intenet sites.
Confucius says:
"Sparkling light carries filtered wisdom. A house with no doors enters no one."
I was worried about it, but I talked to China and they told me that their penises were so small, and assured me that my American penis was VERY large in comparison. This went on for a while and pretty soon I realized that they weren't any kind of threat after all.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
I'm in Guangzhou and can tell you it is worse than ever. Since last June, the connection between China and the rest of the world has become progressively worse and worse, almost to the point of being unusable today. I think something must be lost in translation. They didn't increase the bandwidth, it seems like they increased the amount of bandwidth they can filter. Everyone I know in the export business is having major internet problems now. The inability to do email, exchange files, collaborate, and protect our data is killing business. We and many others are seriously considering if it is worth it to continue to tolerate these small minded Chinese communists. The cost for us to make our products in several other Asian countries is already comparable to China now. The exodus has already begun.
China is preparing for a cyber war. They've watched what happened to North Korea. Having more direct connections to the net both prevents you from being DDOS'd as easily and allows you to counterattack. It's a simple numbers game. The person with the biggest pipe is going to end up winning the fight.
Yeah, usually more fiber means you lay more cable...
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
As someone who recently lived in China for a couple of years I can tell you it is a complete waste of time. The Internet in China is so badly broken it is an open joke and it must be holding back the development of China. When you dig into the problem you quickly discover ALL your traffic passes through a single IP address, which I assume is the Great Firewall of China. This IP address not only makes your routes longer and traffic flow slower it also breaks different traffic types in different way depending on the service you want to use and the destination IP.
Adding more bandwidth to the country will have zero effect while all traffic is filter through a single bottle neck, their firewall. If they really wanted to improve performance they need to take the firewall out of the route, that would be far more effective than more fibre.
There is a lot to like about living in China but somethings, over time, drive you nuts. The biggest one for me was not having a reliable Internet connection, after two years of fighting for every packet I had had enough. It was so good to be back home where the Internet works as intended.