[chrismsimpson]

To counter the top comment at the moment, being from Sydney, Australia, I totally do buy it. It also works both ways, if you want to build something with global reach but host it locally you’re immediately going to be penalised by the perceptions that come with latency. Also, I might add that the latency builds up non linearly the more throughput you’re attempting to achieve (e.g. streaming video).

Disclaimer: I am currently working for a startup attempting to build a video creation and distribution platform with global reach.