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docs: Clarify edge proximity to users (#5601)

A benefit of hosting your own edge instance is that it will be as close
to end users as you are.

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Co-authored-by: Thomas Heartman <thomas@getunleash.io>
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ If you want Unleash to host the Frontend API for you, you should be aware of the
- This is only available to Pro and Enterprise customers who have signed up for a managed Unleash instance.
- We allow short spikes in traffic and our adaptive infrastructure will automatically scale to your needs.
- Please check the [Fair Use Policy](https://www.getunleash.io/fair-use-policy) to see the limits of the Unleash-hosted Frontend API.
- There's no guarantee that it'll be close to your applications. This means you'll get higher response times.
- There's no guarantee that it'll be geographically close to your end users, this means your end users might be getting slower response times on feature flag evaluations.
- When we host the frontend API, we will also receive whatever end user data you put in the [Unleash context](../reference/unleash-context.md). This may or may not be an issue depending on your business requirements.
Hosting Edge requires a little more setup the Unleash-hosted Frontend API does, but it offers a number of benefits over both the frontend API and Proxy: