Hi there,
I saw the earlier post asking for a list of tunnel IPs, so I decided to ping a few to see if it was worthwhile to switch away from the NYC tunnel. I live in Miami, so I was pleased to see a Miami one in the list, but its ping was twice that of the NYC tunnel. Traceroute claims it's traveling through NYC then back down to FL. I don't know if this is intended, but it seemed odd enough to bring up (as I'd imagine there should be relatively few hops if I'm in the same city).
traceroute to 209.51.161.58 (209.51.161.58), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 DD-WRT (192.168.1.252) 0.599 ms 1.586 ms 1.824 ms
2 65.14.252.26 (65.14.252.26) 10.173 ms 13.120 ms 15.534 ms
3 65.14.255.13 (65.14.255.13) 18.012 ms 70.151.249.5 (70.151.249.5) 20.795 ms 65.14.255.13 (65.14.255.13) 22.923 ms
4 axr01mia-ge-2-1-4.bellsouth.net (65.83.237.36) 25.896 ms 37.706 ms 37.932 ms
5 65.83.238.29 (65.83.238.29) 35.493 ms 36.947 ms 39.905 ms
6 AXR01BCT-1-0-0.bellsouth.net (65.83.236.55) 42.632 ms 37.201 ms 40.368 ms
7 65.83.238.64 (65.83.238.64) 58.463 ms 56.867 ms 58.182 ms
8 pxr00chi-so-1-1-0.bellsouth.net (65.83.236.204) 124.911 ms 65.485 ms 54.553 ms
9 gige-g2-8.core1.chi1.he.net (64.71.168.185) 50.644 ms 53.311 ms 55.327 ms
10 10gigabitethernet2-4.core1.nyc4.he.net (72.52.92.101) 79.893 ms 81.903 ms 84.328 ms
11 10gigabitethernet2-3.core1.ash1.he.net (72.52.92.86) 100.635 ms 101.419 ms 101.602 ms
12 10gigabitethernet1-1.core1.mia1.he.net (72.52.92.54) 128.903 ms 125.086 ms 127.741 ms
13 tserv12.mia1.ipv6.he.net (209.51.161.58) 130.435 ms 103.913 ms 104.629 ms
Actually, it looks like Chicago is the farthest the path goes through. Maybe HE can convince BellSouth to peer in Miami also....
Similar routing is also seen from Comcast.
traceroute to 209.51.161.58 (209.51.161.58), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 c-76-108-48-1.hsd1.fl.comcast.net (76.108.48.1) 9.267 ms 9.230 ms 9.080 ms
2 ge-1-1-ur01.boynton.fl.pompano.comcast.net (68.85.230.145) 8.880 ms 8.808 ms 8.743 ms
3 te-8-1-ur01.lakeworth.fl.pompano.comcast.net (68.86.165.174) 8.870 ms 9.312 ms 9.311 ms
4 te-8-2-ur02.lakeworth.fl.pompano.comcast.net (68.86.165.178) 9.245 ms 9.180 ms 9.540 ms
5 te-9-1-ur02.staterd7.fl.pompano.comcast.net (68.86.165.101) 9.605 ms 9.899 ms 9.868 ms
6 te-9-4-ur01.staterd7.fl.pompano.comcast.net (68.86.165.93) 9.801 ms 17.683 ms 17.573 ms
7 * * te-7-1-ar02.northdade.fl.pompano.comcast.net (68.86.91.82) 8.974 ms
8 pos-0-7-0-0-cr01.miami.fl.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.194) 9.755 ms 9.983 ms 9.903 ms
9 pos-0-11-0-0-cr01.atlanta.ga.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.193) 22.956 ms 25.558 ms 25.435 ms
10 TenGigabitethernet4-1.ar1.ATL2.gblx.net (146.82.35.121) 25.281 ms 25.273 ms 25.150 ms
11 HURRICANE-ELECTRIC-LLC-Ashburn.TenGigabitEthernet4-4.ar3.DCA3.gblx.net (64.214.121.170) 44.790 ms 41.514 ms 41.593 ms
12 10gigabitethernet1-1.core1.mia1.he.net (72.52.92.54) 66.595 ms 66.518 ms 66.439 ms
13 tserv12.mia1.ipv6.he.net (209.51.161.58) 66.432 ms 66.355 ms 66.653 ms