[colinbartlett]

I actually just wrote about this very thing. It's not just that it SEEMS less reliable, it absolutely is:

https://statusgator.com/blog/is-north-virginia-aws-region-th...

[dubcee349]

I don't think this article has any value. Are you only counting region wide outages? US east is probably 10x the size of any other region with more AZ's than any other region.