Messenger's servers are actually centralized, as such, there isn't one for one particular
"area", they're all in the same place. I haven' t heard of any problems with any of the
servers today (doesn't mean one of them is offline or having problems mind you).
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com