Anyone else noticing goofy non direct routing to Dacentec in Lenoir, NC?
Our provider (Time Warner) routes everything out through Chicago. From there, providers tend to pickup traffic with direct routes (major peering point).
With Telia heading to Dacentec the route is all messed up.
Chicago to Dallas to Atlanta to Lenoir
10: network-065-029-001-028.midwest.rr.com 31.875ms
11: ae-4-0.cr0.chi30.tbone.rr.com 33.208ms
12: 107.14.17.147 69.291ms
13: chi-bb1-link.telia.net 41.365ms
14: chi-bb1-link.telia.net 34.303ms asymm 15
15: dls-bb1-link.telia.net 51.691ms asymm 14
16: atl-bb1-link.telia.net 53.014ms asymm 15
17: dacentec-ic-154273-atl-bb1.c.telia.net 77.176ms asymm 16
18: dct-cr01--v51.dacentec.com 92.212ms asymm 17
19: dct-ds04--vl56.dacentec.com 88.930ms asymm 18
20: 199.241.189.66 77.082ms asymm 19
21: 199.241.189.68 92.328ms reached
Ping times to Dacentec in Lenoir as-is are rather high for us, 70-90ms.
What should be a long driving distance of 500 miles ends up being many times more through this wild round about routing. Chicago to Dallas driving miles is 926. Dallas to Lenoir is driving miles 1028 =2000 miles?!?!
Even if we take a more wise route of Chicago to Buffalo to Lenoir = 534 driving miles. Buffalo to Lenoir = 641 driving miles. Total 1200 miles.
Obviously, I need to monitor these routes and do more testing. Telia is strong if you catch it through Cleveland to Buffalo to Ashburn (see this route most commonly via Colocrossing affiliated). But if you get anywhere near Chicago we hit that common corridor down to Dallas and over to Atlanta which is too darn far and wrong direction.