Potentially you can work around some of the latency issues by using a CDN.
In Australia (where latency to anywhere cheap-to-host sucks) many people use Rackspace CloudFiles because that gives you cheap access the the Akamai CDN. Akamai has multiple points-of-presence in Australia, unlike the Amazon CDN.
For apps aimed at the US market there are a huge number of reasonably priced CDNs.
In Australia (where latency to anywhere cheap-to-host sucks) many people use Rackspace CloudFiles because that gives you cheap access the the Akamai CDN. Akamai has multiple points-of-presence in Australia, unlike the Amazon CDN.
For apps aimed at the US market there are a huge number of reasonably priced CDNs.