Note that's not always the case: eSIMs I got from Nomad and Airalo in Europe/UK last year were routing things via Hong Kong, so things like DDG and google search using the SIM geolocated me to Hong Kong all the time, and the latency was noticeably bad.
If you read the reviews of some of the eSIMs there are quite a few mentions of this happening.
Definitely – you need to be aware of that when picking one. Some vendors are pretty transparent about their "IP location" these days, fortunately.
Some, like Truphone, even have multiple gateways that are dynamically selected for lower latency, which is very neat (but they're generally more expensive).
Further backed up by the fact that the photos show "Urchin 3.0" signs, and the article mentions: "In 1999, Brett Crosby, VP of Sales and Marketing, was casting about trying to get Urchin 2.0 noticed."
It can in some cases either directly or indirectly cause it: i.e. the Southport riots in the North of the UK were caused by someone on social media incorrectly attributing (at least so far) the blame of the stabbing of three girls and a teacher to "a Muslim", and then English Defence League supporters staged riots based off this.
I realise the 'MACH' name here doesn't seem to be directly related to mechanical speed, but back in the 90s I remember seeing a quote in a computer magazine about hard drive head seeking and reading, with something along the lines of it being equivalent to:
"flying in a fighter jet 20 feet above the ground at Mach 2 and counting the blades of grass as you go by"
I wonder how accurate that is as a comparison (both now and 30 years ago): I'm guessing there was a fair bit of exaggeration going on, but maybe not.
If you read the reviews of some of the eSIMs there are quite a few mentions of this happening.
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