My web site host is a wholesaler who gets his resources elsewhere. He makes the greatest profit from people who "just want to put up a home page," and probably never do more than that. They get very few visitors, and he makes a profit. It doesn't matter where you live. Your web site servers can be anywhere. I live in Maine, my web site host is in North Carolina. I'm not sure if the actual servers are in North Carolina. I do know his computers that do the hosting are in some building that has two "types of trunks," for redundant access? Something like that. The main point is that my residence in Maine has nothing to do with where my web site servers are located. I am fortunate to have cable modem access for my own convenience. Last I checked, DSL was still not an option, "here in the sticks."