L3: Google from DC via the Netherlands?

[Peter Beckman <beckman () angryox com>]

Seems strange.  Had a partial outage on Verizon network this morning around
9:50am EST, then when it came back around 10:05am, google routed via the
Netherlands.  My guess is that there's some sort of routing problem making
my fastest or least cost route go to the Netherlands, but I wanted to find
out if there was an ongoing issue, or if the Netherlands simply now serves
the US East Coast for google.

Isn't there anything closer?  Or is this just indicative of an ongoing L3
outage?  I'm guessing it's cheaper/faster to get to Google somewhere in the
US, but maybe someone on NANOG knows better than I do.

HOST: octal.angryox.com           Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1. tomato.angryox.com            0.0%    20    0.6   0.6   0.5   0.7   0.0
  2. 10.1.41.15                    0.0%    20    2.1   4.2   1.9  42.8   9.1
  3. p4-2.lcr-02.washdc.verizon-g  0.0%    20    1.5   1.5   1.3   2.3   0.2
  4. 130.81.29.218                 0.0%    20    2.0   7.3   2.0  45.0  11.9
  5. 0.so-1-2-0.xl4.iad8.alter.ne  0.0%    20    2.4   2.4   2.3   3.3   0.2
  6. 0.ge-3-3-0.br2.iad8.alter.ne  0.0%    20    2.4   2.4   2.3   2.5   0.1
  7. te-11-3-0.edge1.washington4.  0.0%    20    2.4  12.2   2.3 151.2  33.6
  8. vlan99.csw4.washington1.leve  0.0%    20    3.1   7.3   3.0  15.0   4.3
  9. ae-92-92.ebr2.washington1.le  0.0%    20    3.2   3.3   3.1   3.6   0.1
 10. ae-42-42.ebr2.frankfurt1.lev  0.0%    20   94.1  94.4  93.7 104.0   2.3
 11. ae-2-2.ebr1.dusseldorf1.leve  0.0%    20  106.1 100.6  95.8 107.0   4.1
 12. ae-46-106.ebr2.dusseldorf1.l  0.0%    20  100.4 103.1  98.0 111.0   4.3
 13. ae-41.ebr1.amsterdam1.level3  0.0%    20  107.2  99.9  94.4 107.7   5.7
 14. ae-11-53.car1.amsterdam1.lev  0.0%    20   94.5  95.0  94.1 102.6   2.0
 15. 212.72.42.14                  0.0%    20   94.9  98.8  94.5 133.9  12.0
 16. 209.85.254.250                0.0%    20   95.4  95.4  94.8  97.0   0.5
 17. 72.14.233.114                 0.0%    20  100.9 107.2 100.7 140.6   9.7
 18. 209.85.255.166                0.0%    20  108.9 109.1 107.5 117.3   2.1
 19. 209.85.255.110                5.0%    20  109.5 112.4 106.3 119.9   4.7
 20. ew-in-f147.google.com         5.0%    20  107.9 108.0 107.5 108.9   0.3

Fri Feb  6 10:56:09 2009
                                            Packets               Pings
 Host                                     Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
 1. tomato.angryox.com                     0.0%     8    0.6   0.6   0.5   0.6   0.0
 2. 10.1.41.15                             0.0%     8    2.1   2.4   2.1   3.3   0.4
 3. P4-2.LCR-02.WASHDC.verizon-gni.net     0.0%     8    1.4   1.4   1.3   1.5   0.1
 4. 130.81.29.218                          0.0%     8    2.1   9.1   1.9  59.0  20.2
 5. 0.so-1-2-0.XL4.IAD8.ALTER.NET          0.0%     8    2.4   2.4   2.3   2.6   0.1
    0.so-6-1-0.XL4.IAD8.ALTER.NET
 6. 0.ge-7-1-0.BR2.IAD8.ALTER.NET          0.0%     8    2.5   2.5   2.4   2.6   0.1
    0.ge-3-3-0.BR2.IAD8.ALTER.NET
    0.ge-5-1-0.BR2.IAD8.ALTER.NET
    0.ge-7-0-0.BR2.IAD8.ALTER.NET
 7. te-11-3-0.edge1.Washington4.level3.net 0.0%     7    2.4   6.0   2.3  27.2   9.4
 8. vlan79.csw2.Washington1.Level3.net     0.0%     7    3.2   8.3   3.2  13.5   4.2
 9. ae-72-72.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net   0.0%     7    3.7   3.5   3.1   4.0   0.3
10. ae-44-44.ebr2.Frankfurt1.Level3.net    0.0%     7   94.5  94.9  94.4  97.2   1.0
11. ae-2-2.ebr1.Dusseldorf1.Level3.net     0.0%     7  106.2 100.7  96.4 106.7   4.6
12. ae-46-106.ebr2.Dusseldorf1.Level3.net  0.0%     7  107.6 106.1 100.1 108.9   3.0
13. ae-41.ebr1.Amsterdam1.Level3.net       0.0%     7   95.5 100.6  95.4 108.3   5.9
14. ae-11-55.car1.Amsterdam1.Level3.net    0.0%     7   95.3  95.8  94.4  98.7   1.5
15. GOOGLE-INC.car1.Amsterdam1.Level3.net  0.0%     7   97.0  96.7  96.5  97.0   0.2
16. 209.85.254.250                         0.0%     7  102.0  97.0  95.7 102.0   2.2
17. 72.14.233.114                          0.0%     7  107.5 104.8 101.5 107.5   2.7
    209.85.248.79
18. 209.85.255.70                          0.0%     7  109.8 109.1 107.9 110.3   0.8
    72.14.239.123
    209.85.255.166
    209.85.255.20
19. 209.85.255.98                          0.0%     7  118.3 114.9 109.7 120.2   4.6
    209.85.255.102
    209.85.255.110
20. ew-in-f103.google.com                  0.0%     7  110.0 109.4 108.0 110.6   1.1

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Peter Beckman                                                  Internet Guy
beckman () angryox com                                 http://www.angryox.com/
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