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Here at microsoft.com, we've increased the number and locations of our Web servers to ensure that our international
customers have faster access to our Web site. Specifically, we've created two
mirror sites of the microsoft.com servers - one in London, and one in Tokyo.
Now when we publish on microsoft.com, the content is immediately replicated
to our three server farms, including the one in Redmond, Wa.
As a result, many of our customers living in or near Europe and the Far East
will find they can access our Web site much more quickly by using the mirror
site closest to them.
Customers living in Europe and parts of the Middle East and Africa should
check out the London mirror of our Web servers
at http://www.eu.microsoft.com.
Customers in the Far East and parts of the South
Pacific should try our Tokyo mirror at
http://www.asia.microsoft.com.
Both of these mirror sites share the same up-to-date
content and applications as http://www.microsoft.com, with
virtually no delay in publishing times.
With the opening of these two new regional mirror sites of microsoft.com,
we're hoping to significantly improve our Web site performance for many of our
customers outside of North America.
Keep in mind, however, that there are many variables that can impact the
speed at which you access Web sites. Your Internet service provider's (ISP)
connection to the Internet and network capacity in your country, as well as
demand on the network, can influence the performance you experience.
To get the most benefit from one of these regional mirror sites, you need to
use an ISP that connects to the Internet locally. If your ISP connects to the
Internet through one of the U.S. backbones, you may actually experience
slower speeds because your request is
first routed through the United States before connecting back with the mirror
closest to your area.
If you have questions about your service, ask your ISP. Or just check us out
at http://www.eu.microsoft.com or
http://www.asia.microsoft.com and
judge the performance for yourself.
Then tell us what you think by sending us e-mail at
webmaster@microsoft.com
with the word IDC in the subject line.
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Last Updated: August 10, 1999
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