YouTube.co.za launched

[rpm]

YouTube South Africa launched

Google today officially launched a South African YouTube.co.za service

 

[BLaZor2]

Finally!

 

[NomNom]

wow, big ups to google

 

[BLaZor2]

Althought the stuff I want isn't hosted locally. Which is balls.....

I want to watch music videos and international vlogs.

 

[VonPickle]

Google are giving us lots of love as of late, keep it coming.

 

[ANiMOSiTY]

Pinging google.com [196.23.168.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=56
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=56
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=56
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 196.23.168.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms

 

[murraybiscuit]

google for president.

 

[joeymojo]

nice and about time....

 

[ThatOtherGuy]

It will be interesting to see if it's faster in real terms.

 

[drukkie]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[Creag]

So this'll be great for capped subscribers when the international cap is obliterated

 

[Dyl106]

 

[killadoob]

youtube.co.za

Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=436ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=380ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=395ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=404ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 74.125.67.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 380ms, Maximum = 436ms, Average = 403ms

C:\Users\Jonathan>ping youtube.com

Pinging youtube.com [74.125.67.100] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=427ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=459ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=376ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.67.100: bytes=32 time=445ms TTL=47

 

[Kloon]

Pinging google.com [196.23.168.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=56
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=56
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=56
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 196.23.168.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms

I'm not getting local servers when I ping, what ISP you with?

 

[eitai2001]

They partnered with SABC ... just now anyone with access to the internet in SA will have to have a TV license ...

 

[BBSA]

So this'll be great for capped subscribers when the international cap is obliterated

Did you miss this part:

The YouTube.co.za URL currently redirects to http://www.youtube.com/?gl=ZA&hl=en-GB hosted internationally (IP 209.85.227.100).

 

[Tjoker]

Y create a youtube.co.za site, host it internationally...........and you cant use your local cap, or even performance increase? Is it only created so that there will be more "local" content, crap i might add if its anything like SABC 1,2,3. What is the real benefit here, or did i misread the article

 

[ANiMOSiTY]

I'm not getting local servers when I ping, what ISP you with?

Axxess (IS)...

 

[sutekj]

I also don't see the point of hosting it overseas. Well, it's not really helping South Africans.

 

[Lydon]

Finally! Thanks Google.

And I'm so glad the days of worrying about locally-hosted stuff are over with lol...