Google.com/Google.co.za now local for some Internet users

[rpm]

Google.com now local…for some

Some users report local access when visiting Google.co.za or Google.com

 

[boswald]

Pinging www.l.google.com [196.23.168.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=57

Interesting

 

[rpm]

Hi Boswald

Which network do you use (who is your ISP)?

 

[terencevs]

@ work 196.23.168.147 .... Will check when I get home for my adsl....

 

[Gambit]

Our IS adsl account from openweb has been resolving local google servers for more than a month already but my webafrica account still resolves international servers

 

[g-d-zilla]

Pinging www.l.google.com [196.23.168.147] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=57
Reply from 196.23.168.147: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=57

Interesting

This 196 is the Internet Solutions' backbone. I cannot understand how they can say it's local when it isn't. It's IS' cache. It will only go to Google.com when it cannot find something, so it's not proper LOCAL as we anticipate a .CO.ZA to be, it's a shadow server controlled by Internet Solutions.

Pull the other three legs!

 

[kingrob]

I saw a Google server in the IS vault when we went there last week.

 

[LazyLion]

Yes, it resolves to local for me here on Afrihost... both sites.

http://www.google.com/
http://www.google.co.za/

 

[HavocXphere]

And a trace route. (Ignore the ping times...I've got downloads running that I can't stop)

C:\Users\HX>tracert www.google.com

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [196.23.168.147]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1057 ms 1034 ms 677 ms 196-209-14-1-tbnb-esr-3.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.209.14.1]
2 26 ms 25 ms 26 ms cdsl1-rba-vl2460.ip.isnet.net [196.38.72.217]
3 117 ms 24 ms 25 ms cdsl1-rba-vl150.ip.isnet.net [196.38.73.17]
4 415 ms 641 ms 893 ms csw3-pkl-gi1-2.ip.isnet.net [168.209.1.201]
5 1008 ms 573 ms 73 ms za196-23-168-147.cache.googlevideo.com [196.23.168.147]

Trace complete.

IS 30gb local from WA.

 

[RoganDawes]

Yes, it resolves to local for me here on Afrihost... both sites.

http://www.google.com/
http://www.google.co.za/

Without being stupid, pasting links to the two sites does nothing to show how they resolve for you

 

[kingrob]

Without being stupid, pasting links to the two sites does nothing to show how they resolve for you

Yeah, I was also scratching my head about that.

 

[BazDaddy]

This is a ping from my server sitting in the old Verizon data center (now MTN)

root@ITSI-MOBI:~# ping www.google​.com
PING www.l.goog​le.com (196.23.168.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from za196-23-168-147.cache.googlevideo.com (196.23.168.147): icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=1.83 ms
64 bytes from za196-23-168-147.cache.googlevideo.com (196.23.168.147): icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 time=2.02 ms

 

[LazyLion]

Without being stupid, pasting links to the two sites does nothing to show how they resolve for you

I know that... I put them there so that any other posters coming after me don't have to type the addresses in.

I'm helpful like that

 

[RoganDawes]

I know that... I put them there so that any other posters coming after me don't have to type the addresses in.

I'm helpful like that

LOL!

 

[wpswart006]

Still international here.
ISP is Telkom.

A poll maybe rpm?

 

[BazDaddy]

And this one is from inside the SANReN network.

derick@abydos ~ $ ping google.com
PING google.com (64.233.179.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from cpt01s01-in-f104.1e100.net (64.233.179.104): icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=26.5 ms
64 bytes from cpt01s01-in-f104.1e100.net (64.233.179.104): icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=26.7 ms
64 bytes from cpt01s01-in-f104.1e100.net (64.233.179.104): icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=26.6 ms
64 bytes from cpt01s01-in-f104.1e100.net (64.233.179.104): icmp_seq=4 ttl=59 time=26.7 ms

 

[mrlgm007]

@lantic uncapped

Reply from 66.249.91.104: bytes=32 time=363ms TTL=49
Reply from 66.249.91.104: bytes=32 time=377ms TTL=49
Reply from 66.249.91.104: bytes=32 time=382ms TTL=49
Reply from 66.249.91.104: bytes=32 time=351ms TTL=49

 

[Carbon_Fibre]

On Axxess Uncapped (IS). Local for me too.

 

[Hummercellc]

Mweb Uncapped still Over 400ms..... And International.....

But IS 34ms and local

 

[fragtion]

I can confirm that SAIX's GGC servers are not automatically working for TelkomInternet customers, but i've forced my DNS server to resolve google hosts to use their GGC IP and it does work... obviously someone's just not doing their job at Telkom/SAIX?