ISLAMABAD – Internet speed across Pakistan to get a big boost as theinternational content delivery system Cloud flare enters Pakistan market.
Cloudflare, one of the world’s most prominent Content Delivery Network anddomain security provider is launching three new data centers in Lahore,Islamabad, and Karachi.
Think about how you actually use the internet. You fire up your laptop,mobile or any other device that you are using, type in a site and then hitenter. Then magically a site appears on your screen, with all the coolstuff like videos on YouTube, songs on Spotify, endless stores of memes ortrolls on Reddit and so on.
What happens at the backend is that when you hit enter, a request isgenerated on your end and it is routed through the internet of all theconnected devices (how that happens is a whole another fascinating topic)and ultimately reaches the server where all those sweet memes are stored.The server sends the required data back to your devices and then you areable to see the content that you requested.link
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This simple example should be able to signify one important factor in thiswhole process, your device must be as close to the server as possible tomake sure that your request doesn’t have to travel too much to get thecontent that you originally requested.
This is where Cloudfare comes in. It provides servers all over the worldto websites so that from wherever their customers are accessing theirpages, their content gets deliver super fast.
