# RFC 016 – GeoDNS China Mainland Traffic Steering #16
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to demonstrate what i mean here:
afaik sin01 -> sintra, portugal so complete boomerang around the world from China Unicom to HGC(hong kong largest ISP)
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Hi @hitchhooker, As soon as this is approved I can implement this in It would be, however, ideal that we could welcome a new pro member inside the China territory... hopefully something to think about in the new proposal.. @senseless @tugytur ? Cheers!! Milos |
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We definitely need another Asian location to handle that traffic. I'm working on some things but they will take some time. |
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Summary
Authorize GeoDNS modification to route China mainland traffic from SEA region to
US West Coast (luckyfriday).
Background
Rotko Networks currently handles 34.2% of IBP GeoDNS traffic volume (12.6M
requests), approximately 13x the volume of luckyfriday (779.4K requests).
Despite 2Gbps IPv4 and 12Gbps IPv6 transit capacity, MVR alerts occur during
peak hours due to China routing inefficiencies.
China premium transit pricing ranges $30-50/Mbit/s, with $25/Mbit/s as the
floor. Current IBP Asia reimbursement rate of $0.0731/GB does not support this.
The China Boomerang
TSEA providers peer with Chinese ISPs at US West Coast exchanges. Traffic from
China to Hong Kong transits the Pacific twice aka. "the China Boomerang".
Bangkok → Hong Kong: 45ms
Hong Kong → China mainland: +180ms (US West Coast round-trip)
Measured latencies (source):
Luckyfriday US West (source):
US West Coast provides 30-50ms lower latency to China mainland than SEA
endpoints.
Proposal
Upon passing, this RFC authorizes Rotko to implement GeoDNS steering rules
routing China mainland origin traffic from SEA to luckyfriday. GEODNS in its
current state does not have this feature set, but we are more than happy to
implement it.
Load redistribution reduces peak hour pressure on highest-volume node while
improving latency for affected users.
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