Ping to LA and Fremont....

[slaxative]

PING 66.220.18.42 (66.220.18.42) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 66.220.18.42: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=65.1 ms


PING 64.71.128.82 (64.71.128.82) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.71.128.82: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=55.3 ms

10 ms difference between LA and Fremont. I am in the greater Phoenix, AZ area.
Yet Fremont has the better latency?
Not sure if this is my isp's poor routing or what.
Thanks for any help.

3  192.168.100.1 (192.168.100.1)  32.228 ms  29.605 ms  30.393 ms
4  phx-edge-10.inet.qwest.net (67.128.14.221)  36.838 ms  30.920 ms  29.916 ms
5  phx-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.129.37)  30.472 ms  38.507 ms  33.231 ms
6  los-core-02.inet.qwest.net (67.14.22.18)  44.822 ms  41.818 ms  42.287 ms
7  lap-brdr-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.32.6)  43.187 ms  132.045 ms  41.347 ms
8  63.146.26.78 (63.146.26.78)  43.254 ms  42.809 ms  44.932 ms
9  Hurrican-Electric-LLC.TenGigabitEthernet1-4.ar2.SJC2.gblx.net (64.214.174.246)  50.979 ms  52.051 ms  51.784 ms
10  10gigabitethernet3-2.core1.pao1.he.net (72.52.92.69)  51.235 ms  51.379 ms  52.815 ms
11  10gigabitethernet1-1.core1.lax1.he.net (72.52.92.22)  60.436 ms  60.496 ms  60.685 ms
12  tserv15.lax1.ipv6.he.net (66.220.18.42)  60.537 ms  60.675 ms  67.359 ms


3  192.168.100.1 (192.168.100.1)  32.448 ms  36.321 ms  34.151 ms
4  phx-edge-10.inet.qwest.net (67.128.14.221)  36.281 ms  34.849 ms  30.330 ms
5  phx-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.129.37)  35.594 ms  29.841 ms  33.233 ms
6  los-core-01.inet.qwest.net (67.14.22.10)  43.926 ms  41.801 ms  43.985 ms
7  lap-brdr-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.32.66)  43.843 ms  41.496 ms  43.450 ms
8  63.146.26.78 (63.146.26.78)  44.460 ms  51.849 ms  41.929 ms
9  Hurrican-Electric-LLC.TenGigabitEthernet1-4.ar2.SJC2.gblx.net (64.214.174.246)  50.965 ms  56.271 ms  50.970 ms
10  10gigabitethernet1-1.core1.fmt1.he.net (72.52.92.109)  55.329 ms  167.644 ms  170.121 ms
11  tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net (64.71.128.82)  53.561 ms *  53.358 ms

[piojan]

Both traceroutes show that you ISP direct trafic to HE to San Jose area.
Then the first has to go back to LA (thats 10ms).

Qwest seems to have a point of presents in LA so maybe some peering could be improved: http://www.qwest.com/legal/peering_na.html

[snarked]

Qwest apparently does not peer in LA at laiix, which is where HE peers with 44 other networks (as of a March 4, 2008 count).