I have seen things here similar to this very often / permanently:
cablecom to UK/NL often via level3 and washington instead going directly
may something to do with UPC and partnership with level3 - and the "Nonpartners" of level3.
"we do not peer with you" politics ?!
imho cogent vs level3
below a trace to system in london from cablecom home:
2 9 ms 17 ms 7 ms x.dclient.hispeed.ch [x] 3 10 ms 11 ms 10 ms 217-168-58-101.static.cablecom.ch[217.168.58.101] 4 111 ms 101 ms 101 ms 84.116.211.22 5 101 ms 183 ms 102 ms 84.116.204.225 6 102 ms 101 ms 101 ms 84-116-130-181.aorta.net [84.116.130.181] 7 102 ms 101 ms 101 ms 84.116.133.185 8 101 ms 101 ms 110 ms 84.116.134.62 9 110 ms 107 ms 158 ms te-4-1.car3.Washington1.Level3.net[4.79.168.201] 10 * 110 ms 117 ms ae-3-80.edge3.Washington4.Level3.net[4.69.149.146] 11 108 ms 107 ms 109 ms Cogent-level3-1x10G.washington.Level3.net[4.68.63.174] 12 149 ms 109 ms 109 ms be2113.mpd21.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com[154.54.6.170] 13 111 ms 174 ms 107 ms te0-0-0-20.ccr21.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com[154.54.42.22] 14 180 ms 179 ms 191 ms te0-2-0-2.mpd22.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com[154.54.42.54] 15 200 ms 179 ms 193 ms te0-7-0-30.ccr21.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com[130.117.0.117] 16 215 ms 232 ms 192 ms te2-1.ccr01.lon18.atlas.cogentco.com[154.54.61.214] 17 190 ms 191 ms 183 ms 149.14.8.34 18 179 ms 179 ms 180 ms y
tried multiple times to escalate this in ccom helpdesk. was silted there......
2013/9/26 Fredy Kuenzler kuenzler@init7.net
Anyone else seeing this... do we have a new peering spat or is it just a random routing issue?
Regards, Fredy
traceroute to 84.116.204.234 (84.116.204.234), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 r1zlz1.core.init7.net (77.109.136.233) [AS13030] 23.682 ms 23.741 ms 23.775 ms 2 r1zrh1.core.init7.net (77.109.128.209) [AS13030] 0.188 ms r1zrh2.core.init7.net (77.109.128.74) [AS13030] 0.199 ms r1zrh1.core.init7.net (77.109.128.209) [AS13030] 0.193 ms 3 r1bas1.core.init7.net (77.109.128.130) [AS13030] 1.090 ms 1.129 ms r1fra1.core.init7.net (77.109.128.250) [AS13030] 38.806 ms 4 r1fra2.core.init7.net (77.109.128.133) [AS13030] 5.997 ms 5.988 ms 6.016 ms 5 TenGigabitEthernet8-1.ar2.FRA4.gblx.net (64.213.54.33) [AS3549] 6.653 ms 6.134 ms 6.673 ms 6 ae7.edge2.SanJose3.level3.net (4.68.62.177) [AS3356] 153.420 ms 152.925 ms 153.399 ms 7 vlan70.csw2.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.152.126) [AS3356] 161.564 ms vlan90.csw4.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.152.254) [AS3356] 161.054 ms vlan70.csw2.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.152.126) [AS3356] 161.807 ms 8 ae-71-71.ebr1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.153.5) [AS3356] 160.948 ms ae-61-61.ebr1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.153.1) [AS3356] 160.512 ms 160.433 ms 9 ae-2-2.ebr2.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.69.135.186) [AS3356] 161.355 ms 161.310 ms 161.509 ms 10 ae-47-47.ebr2.NewYork2.Level3.net (4.69.201.34) [AS3356] 161.949 ms 4.69.201.38 (4.69.201.38) [AS3356] 161.581 ms 161.724 ms 11 ae-1-100.ebr1.NewYork2.Level3.net (4.69.135.253) [AS3356] 162.124 ms 161.121 ms 161.658 ms 12 4.69.201.85 (4.69.201.85) [AS3356] 161.126 ms 4.69.201.93 (4.69.201.93) [AS3356] 161.524 ms 4.69.201.85 (4.69.201.85) [AS3356] 161.193 ms 13 ae-72-72.csw2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.150) [AS3356] 161.151 ms 161.558 ms ae-82-82.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.154) [AS3356] 161.627 ms 14 ae-33-80.car3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.149.133) [AS3356] 185.388 ms ae-43-90.car3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.149.197) [AS3356] 263.449 ms ae-23-70.car3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.149.69) [AS3356] 264.054 ms 15 UPC-BROADBA.car3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.79.168.202) [AS3356] 161.118 ms 161.109 ms 160.838 ms 16 84.116.134.61 (84.116.134.61) [AS6830] 167.752 ms 167.674 ms 159.751 ms 17 at-vie15a-ra1-xe-2-2-0.aorta.net (84.116.130.245) [AS6830] 160.584 ms 161.327 ms 84-116-130-62.aorta.net (84.116.130.62) [AS6830] 160.749 ms 18 hu-bud02a-ra3-xe-1-1-0.aorta.net (84.116.130.194) [AS6830] 161.284 ms 160.877 ms ch-zrh02a-ra1-xe-2-0-0.aorta.net (84.116.130.226) [AS6830] 160.285 ms 19 84.116.204.234 (84.116.204.234) [AS6830] 160.346 ms 160.831 ms 160.272 ms
-- Fredy Kuenzler
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