Multi second RTT's from Level3 to Shockwave

Thu Jul 18 18:54:13 UTC 2002

I got a complaint about this :

> weird - I can't pull up Atom Films or Shockwave from any of my computers..
>
> Homne or office.
>

Now, let's see - intervideomag.com is
209.246.228.72, which is assigned to redwire.net, which is part
of Level 3.

Atom Films.com is 63.251.52.76, which is
assigned to AS 16974, Shockwave.com, which seems to
get access from Internap.

   From here (MCT 16517)

[tme at hendrix audience_data]$ ping www.atomfilms.com
PING static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76) from 63.105.122.14 : 56(84) bytes of
data.
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=0 ttl=52 time=79.649
msec
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=58.033
msec
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=57.193
msec
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=60.717
msec

--- static.shockwave.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 57.193/63.898/79.649/9.186 ms

>From a level3 looking glass,
http://www.level3.com/LookingGlass/ , (San Diego)

Ping from Level 3 (San Diego) to 63.251.52.76

64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=0. time=13. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=1. time=10002. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=2. time=9002. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=3. time=8002. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=4. time=7002. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=5. time=6002. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=6. time=5002. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=7. time=4003. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=8. time=3003. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=9. time=2003. ms

----63.251.52.76 PING Statistics----
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 13/5403/10002

Check out those multisecond round trip times!

Also from San Francisco
Ping from Level 3 (San Francisco) to 63.251.52.76

64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=0. time=1. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=1. time=10148. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=2. time=9148. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=3. time=8148. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=4. time=7148. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=5. time=6148. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=6. time=5148. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=7. time=4148. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=8. time=3148. ms
64 bytes from static.shockwave.com (63.251.52.76): icmp_seq=9. time=2148. ms

----63.251.52.76 PING Statistics----
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 1/5533/10148

What can give such huge RTT's ?

Regards
Marshall Eubanks