Can anyone give me an example of a website which uses the hosting plan of WebWizz? More specific, a website which is mostly visited by people in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany,...

We're planning to use the hosting plan of webwizz but first we want to be convinced of the performance.. The fact the server is located oversea will not cause any problems....

Thanks in advance!!

It shouldn't but it does. Network bandwidth between many locations is often limited and/or bottlenecked. e.g. Portland Oregon is a bottleneck for bandwith between North America and Japan. This also affects Korea, etc. However, there is a LOT of bandwidth there, and it isn't a problem except under unusual circumstances [ read massive worm attacks ]. For connections between North America and Europe, you shouldn't worry though.

Australia is a BAD place to host - bandwith is extremely expensive there. Similarly most of Africa is a complete digital wasteland.

The physical location of the server determines the number of physical hops that that the request/response must make. Each hop adds to the delay, and the available network bandwidth at each hop is the major limiting factor there. (This is a bit of an oversimplification.)

That is generally a minor consideration - the major factors are the load on the server the site is on, the clients speed (duh), and the distance the host is located from a backbone.

Another major problem is the local ISPs and what they do. If they cache pages, content can be outdated. (They do this to save bandwidth sometimes.)

See:

http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/alcatel_large.gif - http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/alcatel_large.gif

http://www.servepath.com/why/network.htm - http://www.servepath.com/why/network.htm

http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/isp_maps.html - http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/isp_maps.html

http://www.accd.edu/sac/lrc/john/wwwtest2.htm - http://www.accd.edu/sac/lrc/john/wwwtest2.htm

Of course you can also spend several thousand dollars to get better information:

http://www.telegeography.com/pubs/internet/reports/ig_gbl/ - http://www.telegeography.com/pubs/internet/reports/ig_gbl/

You can consider North America, (most of) Europe, (most of) North East Asia to be safe hosting locations. i.e. There is a reason why JodoHost has their servers in the US and not in India. Hosting in Australia, Vietnam, or Chad would simply be dumb. There is a lot of bandwidth and very good hosting in SE Asia (i.e. Singapore, Hong Kong, etc.) but for sites where bandwidth is a worry, stick closer to home (internet wise that is).

There are gaming IDCs in Hong Kong and China that cater specifically to the online gaming industry in Asia because they can offer superior bandwidth and costs compared to other high-bandwidth providers.

For the absolute best available, look into good, profitable porn sites and see what they use. A large amount of all internet technology is either developed or first implemented in the online porn industry. Those perverts certainly know what they are doing  [ Or should I say "who" they are doing...  ] Of course that kind of hosting is extremely expensive though. Easily $500 per month.

Do a traceroute to webwiz to find the path to the server, and then check where the hops are. That will give you your answer.

BTW: Here's another example. It show how if you are in Thailand, access to servers in Australia are slowed down by hope through Indonesia. While requests to Japan are direct.

http://www.cat.net.th/thix/iig.html - http://www.cat.net.th/thix/iig.html

and the ugly version

http://www.cat.net.th/internetmap/internetmap.html - http://www.cat.net.th/internetmap/internetmap.html

and sometimes the big cable between america and europe get f**ked up and we cant access us hosted sites..

actually, that happens very often.. and we can only access sites through the air..

KyleL wrote: I live in Portland Oregon, and use Web Wiz Hosts. It works just fine...

Exactly. You are physically close to the servers (in internet terms). Portland has major internet backbones running through it. But some poor schmuck stuck in the Outback won't get near the speed that you do. If you moved to rural Alaska, you might notice a drop in speed, albeit probably not much.

I live in Asia and have (almost) no problems.

Also, you'll (most likely) have better access to sites hosted in Asia because the largest internet backbone from North America to Asia runs through Portland. That is compared to our colleagues who live in the UK, Europe, and the East coast of the US. Most often though these differences will be small for web pages. For (large) downloads (1MB+) the difference is pronounced. e.g. My mother downloaded a program hosted here in Seoul that is almost 2MB, but I get over 10x the download speed that she does. You would have better luck than her being in Portland.  (She's in Ontario.)  

I'm an IT whore.

Hahahaha.

I work for a software company. I do a lot of web development, marketing, sales, etc. etc. etc. Far too much for the pettance I get paid, but I really like my job, so it's worth it.

I had an IT consulting business, but unfortunately some people that are much bigger than me decided to put me out of business because I threatened them. I suppose that I can feel confident in that I can really shake things up. It made the 6 o'clock news for a couple days. Doesn't make up for the whooping I took or the money I lost, but such is life...