[snip]
And hey, at least it's staying within the same state.
I have seen lots of situations where traffic going across the
street will cross the country at least once to get there. Anyone
who's ever lived in a rural market has to deal with much, much
worse on a daily basis.--msa
...such as this old trace, that I've saved for some time, from an access
point in Denver to a destination in Denver.
--- traceroute to www.rmi.net (166.93.8.30),
30 hops max, 18 byte packets
1 ( 207.155.168.5) ts003e01.den-co.concentric.net 152 ms
2 ( 207.155.168.1)
rt001e0102.den-co.concentric.net.168.155.207.IN-ADDR.ARPA 161 ms
3 ( 207.88.24.21) 207.88.24.21 190 ms
4 ( 207.88.0.253) us-ca-scl-core1-f9-0.rtr.concentric.net 189 ms
5 ( 207.88.0.178) 207.88.0.178 206 ms
6 ( 144.228.207.73) sl-gw18-chi-5-1-0-T3.sprintlink.net 210 ms
7 ( 144.232.0.217) sl-bb11-chi-3-3.sprintlink.net 216 ms
8 ( 144.232.0.174) sl-bb5-chi-4-0-0.sprintlink.net 211 ms
9 ( 144.232.8.85) sl-bb7-pen-5-1-0.sprintlink.net 225 ms
10 ( 144.232.5.53) sl-bb10-pen-1-3.sprintlink.net 236 ms
11 ( 144.232.5.62) sl-nap1-pen-4-0-0.sprintlink.net 228 ms
12 ( 192.157.69.13) p219.t3.ans.net 263 ms
13 ( 140.223.60.209) f1-1.t60-6.Reston.t3.ans.net 264 ms
14 ( 140.223.65.17) h12-1.t64-0.Houston.t3.ans.net 286 ms
15 ( 140.223.25.14) h13-1.t80-1.St-Louis.t3.ans.net 283 ms
16 ( 140.223.25.29) h14-1.t24-0.Chicago.t3.ans.net 292 ms
17 ( 140.223.9.18) h14-1.t96-0.Denver.t3.ans.net 309 ms
18 ( 140.222.96.122) f1-0.c96-10.Denver.t3.ans.net 313 ms
19 ( 207.25.224.14) h1-0.enss3191.t3.ans.net 306 ms
20 ( 166.93.46.246) 166.93.46.246 305 ms
21 ( 166.93.8.30) www.rmi.net 285 ms