The Necessary Network for the eSports Explosion
It’s an explosion!
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In “The Necessary Network for the eSports Explosion,” Jennifer Cleveland tackles the pain of being a remote gaming competitor. If you live in the continental United States, you get the benefit of untold miles of fiber-optic internet backbone for a nearly-there gaming experience. But what if you live 2,500 miles out into the Pacific Ocean, say, somewhere around Hawaii? Well, that’s a big problem, because although Hawaii ranks 7th in connectivity among American states — with 96% broadband coverage — those 2,500 additional miles of fiber between the gamers and the game servers can cause definite latency … and in gaming, latency means death — only virtually, of course.
That’s where network infrastructure comes in — not just in the fiber, but in the routers, servers and content delivery networks (caches and storage), too. With more gaming resources for downloads, updates and real-time communications distributed and located nearer to the users who need them, latency begins to evaporate and remote competitors get the chance they need to be on equal footing with other U.S. players.
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