Cogent --> Google Public DNS routing issue

Mon Aug 22 00:03:05 UTC 2011

Cogent and Google have had several issues over the past month.  I have
opened 3 tickets up with Cogent over inability to reach Google (web,apps,
dns,etc). Each time they have been known issues by the time I called.

	Justin

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On 8/17/11 12:09 AM, "Robert Glover" <robertg at garlic.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>We have noticed that from our Cogent link (as well as from ALL U.S.
>based points we tested via the Cogent Looking Glass:
>http://www.cogentco.com/en/network/looking-glass), traceroutes to
>8.8.8.8 and 8.8.5.5 all seem to go over to Europe:
>
>TRACE from Los Angeles to 8.8.4.4
>1 gi2-6.99.mpd03.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.3.81) 0.514 ms 0.332 ms
>2 te0-0-0-6.ccr22.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.28.145) 0.401 ms 0.518
>ms
>3 te0-3-0-6.ccr22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.3.185) 36.538 ms
>te0-2-0-5.ccr22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.27.18) 36.449 ms
>4 te0-0-0-2.ccr22.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.5.93) 63.200 ms
>te0-2-0-7.ccr22.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.89) 62.909 ms
>5 te0-1-0-2.ccr22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.28.230) 62.985 ms
>te0-0-0-7.ccr22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.28.221) 62.894 ms
>6 te0-5-0-6.ccr22.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.42.30) 69.434 ms
>te0-5-0-2.ccr22.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.42.26) 69.229 ms
>7 te0-3-0-2.ccr22.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.30.22) 144.224 ms
>te0-2-0-2.ccr22.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.30.133) 146.474 ms
>8 te8-1.mpd02.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.57.182) 143.890 ms
>te7-1.mpd02.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.57.178) 146.320 ms
>9 ldn-b4-link.telia.net (213.248.70.237) 145.967 ms 145.872 ms
>10 80.91.247.93 (80.91.247.93) 155.170 ms ldn-bb1-link.telia.net
>(213.155.130.46) 145.971 ms
>11 ldn-b3-link.telia.net (213.155.133.33) 143.909 ms 80.91.249.170
>(80.91.249.170) 146.213 ms
>12 google-ic-126258-ldn-b3.c.telia.net (213.248.67.66) 146.158 ms 146.291
>ms
>13 64.233.175.25 (64.233.175.25) 146.166 ms 64.233.175.27
>(64.233.175.27) 144.256 ms
>14 209.85.253.92 (209.85.253.92) 146.435 ms 146.401 ms
>15 72.14.232.134 (72.14.232.134) 150.128 ms 66.249.95.173
>(66.249.95.173) 152.591 ms
>16 209.85.252.83 (209.85.252.83) 149.993 ms 209.85.251.231
>(209.85.251.231) 152.270 ms
>17 209.85.243.85 (209.85.243.85) 152.514 ms 152.332 ms
>18 google-public-dns-b.google.com (8.8.4.4) 152.436 ms 152.299 ms
>
>The routes from our backup carrier stay state-side and result in ~30ms
>ping times.  Through Cogent, the ping times are around ~164ms
>
>What is going on here?  Can someone from Cogent chime in on this?
>
>-Robert
>
>