On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:34 AM, aki<aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
For those of us who have been keenly watching the packets since seacom
- GSM Operator Safaricom : Went Live on Seacom +29 hours of Seacom Launch
- Data Operator KDN : Went live testing on Seacom -72 Hours before Seacom Launch.
Look at these two different paths the two operators you mention take if I ping them from Memphis....To me it looks like one is on satellite and the other on cable.... Last login: Thu Jul 30 07:00:42 on ttys000 bildad-kagais-macbook-pro:~ billkagai$ traceroute www.safaricom.com traceroute to www.safaricom.com (196.201.208.27), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 3.849 ms 1.181 ms 1.371 ms 2 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 2.255 ms 1.712 ms 1.886 ms 3 adsl-177-19-1.mem.bellsouth.net (74.177.19.1) 10.646 ms 11.275 ms 10.268 ms 4 70.159.236.29 (70.159.236.29) 19.060 ms 20.193 ms 25.065 ms 5 70.159.236.31 (70.159.236.31) 16.328 ms 11.658 ms 11.774 ms 6 70.159.236.243 (70.159.236.243) 17.501 ms 18.247 ms 18.279 ms 7 ixc00mem-ge-0-0-0.bellsouth.net (205.152.228.64) 18.168 ms 18.275 ms 16.689 ms 8 axr01bna-so-1-0-0.bellsouth.net (65.83.239.22) 18.128 ms 16.613 ms 16.589 ms 9 65.83.238.96 (65.83.238.96) 16.199 ms 16.946 ms 32.426 ms 10 65.83.238.154 (65.83.238.154) 20.540 ms 16.468 ms 16.803 ms 11 cr1.nsvtn.ip.att.net (12.123.129.10) 26.284 ms 25.887 ms 26.393 ms 12 cr2.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.28.105) 25.621 ms 26.445 ms 24.673 ms 13 ggr1.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.140.105) 23.786 ms 25.416 ms 31.474 ms 14 192.205.34.158 (192.205.34.158) 24.824 ms 25.128 ms 25.017 ms 15 if-11-0-0.core3.AEQ-Ashburn.as6453.net (64.86.9.18) 42.729 ms 41.251 ms 41.868 ms 16 if-11-0-0-903.mcore3.LDN-London.as6453.net (195.219.195.153) 119.397 ms 118.530 ms 119.062 ms 17 ix-12-1-0.mcore3.LDN-London.as6453.net (195.219.195.110) 376.084 ms 302.909 ms 411.831 ms 18 196.201.208.27 (196.201.208.27) 299.284 ms 417.131 ms 298.975 ms bildad-kagais-macbook-pro:~ billkagai$ traceroute www.kdn.co.ke traceroute to www.kdn.co.ke (41.220.227.90), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 4.018 ms 1.235 ms 2.541 ms 2 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 2.319 ms 1.745 ms 1.851 ms 3 adsl-177-19-1.mem.bellsouth.net (74.177.19.1) 11.134 ms 11.824 ms 11.124 ms 4 70.159.236.29 (70.159.236.29) 19.838 ms 17.622 ms 18.410 ms 5 70.159.236.31 (70.159.236.31) 11.879 ms 14.893 ms 11.588 ms 6 70.159.236.243 (70.159.236.243) 17.523 ms 17.215 ms 18.185 ms 7 ixc00mem-ge-0-0-0.bellsouth.net (205.152.228.64) 18.638 ms 17.593 ms 16.793 ms 8 axr01bna-so-1-0-0.bellsouth.net (65.83.239.22) 18.360 ms 19.504 ms 18.128 ms 9 12.83.10.126 (12.83.10.126) 18.166 ms 16.886 ms 16.143 ms 10 65.83.238.150 (65.83.238.150) 17.563 ms 16.266 ms 16.803 ms 11 cr1.nsvtn.ip.att.net (12.123.129.54) 25.816 ms 26.342 ms 25.999 ms 12 cr2.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.28.105) 26.144 ms 25.842 ms 25.156 ms 13 ggr2.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.140.93) 23.561 ms 24.900 ms 25.183 ms 14 192.205.35.170 (192.205.35.170) 25.001 ms 25.235 ms 23.453 ms 15 63-218-215-206.static.pccwglobal.net (63.218.215.206) 391.125 ms 250.444 ms 252.220 ms 16 abn-20308018209.asiabroadcast.tv (203.80.182.9) 419.180 ms 250.401 ms 363.411 ms 17 abs-20320222966.absatellite.net (203.202.229.66) 818.993 ms 819.433 ms 718.233 ms 18 210-5-199-25.reverse.newskies.net (210.5.199.25) 817.294 ms 819.505 ms 676.103 ms 19 * * * 20 41.220.227.90 (41.220.227.90) 706.917 ms !<10> 817.381 ms !<10> 819.204 ms !<10> bildad-kagais-macbook-pro:~ billkagai$