[Primal] The end of Level3? Reason to cheer?

[Mysticales]

Soooo as we are on the eve of the end of the world as we know it for us on Primal. We look back on what will be the remains of a Canadian hosted server... and look for the future in a new world! USA!

Now who else is wondering if this means, No more Level3 holding us back on connection issues, routing, lag, etc!

If we no longer have that. Then we may have some serious reason to cheer! =D

[Kiichi_Zala]

Until Trump decides to build a wall around the data centers.

[StouterTaru]

Until Trump decides to build a wall around the data centers.

I would build a great data center, and nobody builds data centers better than me, believe me, and I'll build them very inexpensively, I will build a great, great data center on our southern border. And I will have The Garlean Empire pay for that data center.

[Archchancellor]

I would build a great data center, and nobody builds data centers better than me, believe me, and I'll build them very inexpensively, I will build a great, great data center on our southern border. And I will have The Garlean Empire pay for that data center.

[Mysticales]

[Wyldkat99]

Yeah I don't think we'll get away from them. They are pretty big. Level 3 Communications

[HyoMinPark]

Unfortunately Level 3 is a large internet backbone, and routing through them is usually determined by ISPs, not SE or their Montreal server host. So they're, more than likely, still going to be present for a significant portion of the playbase even with the NA data centers moving to central US.

[Malzian]

Unfortunately Level 3 is a large internet backbone, and routing through them is usually determined by ISPs, not SE or their Montreal server host. So they're, more than likely, still going to be present for a significant portion of the playbase even with the NA data centers moving to central US.

Yep, exactly. To put it in layman's terms.... Level3 doesn't run the trucks on the roads, Level3 manages the roads themselves. Your ISPs are just sending traffic over those roads.... trucks don't do well on roads that are bad.

To get a better idea of the network, page 2 of this really makes it clear: http://www.level3.com/~/media/files/...twork-map.ashx

[Kosmos992k]

Yep, exactly. To put it in layman's terms.... Level3 doesn't run the trucks on the roads, Level3 manages the roads themselves. Your ISPs are just sending traffic over those roads.... trucks don't do well on roads that are bad.

To get a better idea of the network, page 2 of this really makes it clear: http://www.level3.com/~/media/files/...twork-map.ashx

While it's true that Level 3 is 'everywhere', they serve some areas better than others and their network is more resilient in some areas than others, with alternate routing and alternate capacity. Moving from Canada to somewhere in the mid west may improve things, it might at least reduce the number of hops for the majority of NA customers.

Perhaps if the playerbase stopped blaming Level 3 for issues that didn't even involve their network and the false reporting of many media sources that clearly have no knowledge of how the internet works.

Is no where safe from accusations of false reporting, fake news and alternate facts?

[Canadane]

Level3 is still in the US itself, so depending on where you are you may or may not route through it.
Being in Canada itself wasn't the issue.