CDN & Global
Multi-Region Test: Latency to Every Major Region
When you choose a region for cloud infrastructure, video calls, or game servers, you are guessing if you do not measure first. The Multi-Region Test runs simultaneous latency and speed checks against every major world region so you can choose with data instead of guesswork.
What It Measures
This tool measures latency and download speed to multiple global regions in parallel, including North America East and West, Europe, Asia Pacific, India, and South America. It reports per-region latency, jitter, and throughput so you can see your real reach to each.
How It Works
- Initiates parallel probes to a representative endpoint in each region
- Measures latency and downloads a small payload for throughput
- Aggregates results and ranks regions by latency, then by speed
- Identifies your fastest region and any regions with degraded performance
Why It Matters
Choosing the right cloud region for your team's tools (Slack, Zoom, AWS, Notion) can cut perceived latency in half. Picking the right game server can mean the difference between competitive play and laggy frustration. Multi region testing turns these decisions from guesses into measurements.
Understanding Your Results
Latency under 50ms to your home region is excellent. Under 150ms to most other continents is normal. Throughput should be at least 100 Mbps to nearby regions and 25 Mbps to distant ones for typical fiber connections. Wildly varying jitter across regions points to specific path issues worth investigating.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which regions does the test cover?
The test runs against representative endpoints in every Pong.com edge region: US East (Newark, Atlanta, Miami), US Central (Dallas, Chicago), US West (Los Angeles, Seattle, Fremont), Canada (Toronto), Europe (London, Frankfurt), Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Singapore), India (Mumbai), Australia (Sydney), and South America (Sao Paulo).
How should I use this for cloud region selection?
Run the test from a location representative of your users. Pick the region with the lowest combined latency to your audience. For multi region setups, look at where your users cluster and place primary infrastructure to minimize the worst case latency rather than just the average. Latency under 100ms generally feels responsive to humans.
Why is one region much slower than its neighbors?
Slow latency to a single region usually indicates a routing problem on that specific path: an ISP that takes a poor route to that region's transit, or a peering issue. The neighboring regions tell you the latency you should be able to achieve. Run a traceroute to the slow region to see where the path diverges.
Can I use this for video conferencing?
Yes. Many video platforms (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams) let you select or hint a region for routing. Use multi region results to identify your lowest latency regions, then prefer those when given the choice. For globally distributed teams, the test can identify the optimal central region for your group.
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