Re: Massive sprintlink problems?

["Mark Radabaugh" <mark () amplex net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Loftis" <mloftis () wgops com>
To: <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: Massive sprintlink problems?


> Anyone else seeing this::  (1sec+ delay to my idle DSL line across
> sprintlink...)
>
> traceroute is definitely taking an asymmetric path, since pings and tcp
> connections are consistent 1sec plus RTT starting somewhere in seattle or
> tacoma.....tok? tokyo?  Anyway before I start rattling this around I
wanted
> to see if anyone else is seeing this to/from other destinations.

Sprint Naming Conventions:
http://www.sprintlink.net/faq/namingconvention_sl.html

      TOK   Tokyo, Japan


9  sl-bb22-sj-15-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.3.162)
10  sl-bb20-tok-10-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.243)
11  sl-bb21-tac-8-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.19.243)

Why they are sending it through Tokyo is another question....

Mark