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Cloudflare Passes 250 Cities, Triples External Network Capacity, 8x-es Backbone

What's this blog post about?

Cloudflare has expanded its network infrastructure by adding 17 new cities across eight countries, increasing the number of on-network cities to over 250. The company has also tripled its external network capacity and increased long-haul internal backbone network by more than 800% since the start of 2020. These improvements aim to provide faster internet connections for users worldwide, with 95% of the entire Internet-connected world now within 50 milliseconds (ms) of a Cloudflare presence and 80% within 20 ms. The company plans to continue expanding its network infrastructure to become more localized while maintaining security, privacy, and reliability for all users.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
Sept. 13, 2021

Author(s)
Jon Rolfe

Word count
1371

Language
English

Hacker News points
4


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