Locations & jurisdictions
How do I get US latency without US jurisdiction?
Nassau in the Bahamas is roughly 45 ms from Miami, and Panama City about 60 ms — both outside US jurisdiction, outside the Eyes alliances, and with no DMCA applicability. Toronto and Montreal are closer still but Canada is a Five Eyes member, so they solve latency without solving jurisdiction.
The DMCA is the practical driver of this question. It is US statute and binds US-situated providers; a server in the Bahamas or Panama is governed by local copyright law, which generally requires a court order rather than a notice.
For the US West Coast the honest answer is that there is no good offshore option — the nearest non-US locations are Vancouver, which is Five Eyes, or crossing the Pacific. Consider a US edge for latency with the origin offshore.
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