| Question to Networking gurus :) I have just found out that any Internet connection I do goes from Cheyenne Wyoming SprintION POP to SprintION Chicago Illinois POP or router before hitting the Internet, wither I request an Eastern of Western coast host, it still goes to Chicago first!
Now it's not like it matters anymore since ION is being shut down, but isn't that considered a bad routing? |
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 mballardPremium,ExMod 1999-03
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Los Angeles, CA | No, it just means that Sprint (presumably the SprintLink division) didn't see the need to spend the money/provide the additional bandwidth long hauls directly to Wyoming. A lot of backbones do that in smaller states, they only provide one connection to the area, from a nearby larger city, to essentially act as a backhaul to the other area. It essentially a compromise between not having a backhaul to the area and not being able to get the customers or making them pay for their own backhaul (as those types of lines cost based on the distance), or providing a money losing multiple connection making it a full POP. |
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| Geez, that is bad, no wonder I see slow connections to west coast sites!
I think that is not smart networking wise, of Sprint to choose Wyoming over Colorado, I mean why Wyoming,they hardly have people living in there  (kidding).
Anyway could you please Mr. Matt check for me if Earthlink does the same thing too for customers in Colorado? I hope they have a POP in Denver! |
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mballardPremium,ExMod 1999-03
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Los Angeles, CA | I'm going to do some more checking with some people who work for/still have contacts at EarthLink, and see if I can find out. One possibility is Phoenix, AZ, as I know EarthLink does have a POP there, I think it's the closest one to your area, but I don't know for sure. |
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| Someone at Earthlink told me that they do have a POP in Denver, but of course it's always a good idea to double check! |
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| reply to aalmolah
That just happens to be one of the MAE's or NAPs (Metropolitan Area Exchange / Network Access Point). Sprint and ALL other backbone providers route internet traffic by "hot-potato" routing, meaning they try to get a packet off of their network as quickly as possible. (I have heard that Qwest may be an exception to this, but I have never verified the sales pitch.)
Sprint is just using the their SONET ring closest to you to get your traffic to the closest MAE and then dump it on the Internet to your destination.
Here in Dallas (which is also a MAE), all my traffic hits the Ft. Worth 'Super-POP' and the next hop after that is dependent on the destination and maybe their provider.
Here are these two hops - the first to www.google.com and the second to Verizons Business group in PA.
5 sl-bb22-fw-4-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.11.5)
6 sl-bb22-ana-8-1.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.249)
5 sl-bb22-fw-4-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.11.5)
6 144.232.8.18 (144.232.8.18)
The first 5 hops are always the same. Any ISP you use will have a similiar design. |
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mballardPremium,ExMod 1999-03
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Los Angeles, CA | reply to aalmolah
I just found out, they do have a POP in Denver. |
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| thank you |
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