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What Does "Jitter" Mean for a China Route, and Why Does It Matter More Than Average Latency?
Average latency looks fine on a lot of "good enough" China routes, but jitter, the variation between individual packets, is often what actually breaks a real-time app. Here's what jitter is, why it matters more than the average, and how to check for it.
Why Carrier Routing Matters Just As Much, If Not More, Than Location for a China-Facing Server
It's a natural assumption that the closer a server is to your users, the faster it'll perform, but for China-facing hosting that's often wrong. Here's why carrier routing quality matters just as much, if not more, than raw distance, and how to evaluate a provider on the metric that actually counts.