DEAR THE INTERNET DAEMONS:

[substitute]

WHY ARE MY PACKETS FROM LOS ANGELES TO ORANGE COUNTY (45 MILES) BEING ROUTED THROUGH NEWARK, NJ?

BEST,

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Comments

[substitute.livejournal.com]

Hm. 11 hops that seem to be pretty much local, unless I'm high:

 1  iggy.office.fringehead.org (192.168.100.1)  1.782 ms  0.709 ms  0.640 ms
 2  dsl081-085-001.lax1.dsl.speakeasy.net (64.81.85.1)  16.892 ms  15.358 ms  15.316 ms
 3  220.ge-0-1-0.cr2.lax1.speakeasy.net (69.17.82.197)  13.973 ms  13.564 ms  13.614 ms
 4  bux-edge-01.inet.qwest.net (63.145.160.173)  15.059 ms  14.901 ms  13.701 ms
 5  bur-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.13.177)  14.566 ms  14.101 ms  15.021 ms
 6  * * *
 7  sjp-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.214.134)  23.316 ms  39.778 ms  22.613 ms
 8  sl-st20-sj-15-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.8.41)  23.684 ms  24.547 ms  40.344 ms
 9  sl-bb21-sj-9-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.59)  24.010 ms  23.157 ms  23.492 ms
10  sl-bb24-sj-12-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.3.202)  64.535 ms  23.639 ms  27.259 ms
11  sl-bb1v6-sj-0-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.3.226)  26.060 ms *  24.102 ms

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

Ah. You're a speakeasy.net customer. The little CLEC/ISP companies tend to be smarter and peer with less shit-eating long-haul providers, e.g. qwest, sprintlink, level3, etcetera. I have sonic.net, and we have the same 6to4 relay.

If you were with AT&T or Comcast, you'd be bouncing your 6to4 packets through Switzerland.

Yes, but a terrible clock is ticking

[substitute.livejournal.com]

Best Buy bought Speakeasy.