IS already using Seacom cable?

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Been noticing that the IS ADSL accounts (currently on a 2/30 gig one) are blazing fast.

My youtube video's are buffering about 10 times faster, and my WoW ping is insane.

Heres an example:

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Is IS already using Seacom for its international?
 
I would if i knew how! ;)

Tracert youtube.com

and

Tracert ????
 
C:\Users\garyvdh>tracert www.youtube.com

Tracing route to youtube-ui.l.google.com [209.85.227.102]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms 1 ms <1 ms 192.168.2.1
2 340 ms 386 ms 358 ms 196-209-5-1-rgm-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.209.5.1]
3 297 ms 225 ms 301 ms cdsl1-rba-vl2253.ip.isnet.net [196.38.73.181]
4 327 ms 443 ms 444 ms 196.38.73.114
5 338 ms 406 ms 354 ms cdsl1-rba-vl50.ip.isnet.net [196.38.73.109]
6 483 ms 247 ms 230 ms core1b-rba-gi1-0-5.ip.isnet.net [196.26.0.181]
7 531 ms 588 ms 584 ms mi-za-rba-p5-gi0-1-105.ip.isnet.net [168.209.164.53]
8 601 ms * * mi-uk-dock-p3-po3-0-2.ip.isnet.net [168.209.161.93]
9 * 574 ms 413 ms core1a-dock-gi1-0-0-105.ip.isnet.net [168.209.164.4]
10 806 ms 651 ms * core2b-dock-gi1-2.ip.isnet.net [168.209.246.66]
11 * * 579 ms 195.66.226.125
12 599 ms 596 ms 535 ms 209.85.255.175
13 598 ms 675 ms * 66.249.95.170
14 * * 597 ms 72.14.236.191
15 519 ms 605 ms 610 ms 209.85.243.93
16 581 ms 679 ms 604 ms wy-in-f102.google.com [209.85.227.102]

Trace complete.
 
Tracing route to youtube.com [64.15.120.233]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 9 ms <1 ms home.gateway [192.168.1.100]
2 7 ms 7 ms 13 ms 196-209-10-1-rrba-esr-3.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.209.10.1]
3 8 ms 8 ms 29 ms cdsl1-rba-vl2253.ip.isnet.net [196.38.73.181]
4 19 ms 12 ms 13 ms curp1-rba-gi2.isdsl.net [196.38.72.238]
5 9 ms 8 ms 8 ms cdsl1-rba-vl43.ip.isnet.net [196.38.72.229]
6 8 ms 8 ms 12 ms core1b-rba-gi1-0-10.ip.isnet.net [168.209.1.181]
7 206 ms 206 ms 206 ms mi-za-rba-p5-gi0-1-107.ip.isnet.net [168.209.164.55]
8 206 ms 207 ms 206 ms mi-uk-dock-p3-po6-1.ip.isnet.net [168.209.163.119]
9 206 ms 211 ms 205 ms core1a-dock-gi1-0-0-107.ip.isnet.net [168.209.164.6]
10 207 ms 206 ms 206 ms core2b-dock-gi0-2.ip.isnet.net [168.209.201.5]
11 205 ms 209 ms 209 ms 195.66.226.125
12 206 ms 208 ms 206 ms 209.85.252.76
13 285 ms 280 ms 281 ms 216.239.43.192
14 281 ms 279 ms 283 ms 72.14.238.233
15 284 ms 282 ms 280 ms 72.14.196.234
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 360 ms 360 ms 360 ms 64.15.120.233

Trace complete.

Edit: Just to add, my wow ping went from around 900 at the beginning of July on this account to average of around 400 now. Add in the youtube performance and whatever IS is doing has finally made my ADSL feel like broadband.
 
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Ja, it looks like it is going through their portion of the SAT3 pipe.
 
Garyvdh said:
Ja, it looks like it is going through their portion of the SAT3 pipe.
Click to expand...

Would also make sense I guess. Obvious next question then would be: Why would this account then seem to be so much quicker than my TelkomSA account? (which afaik also goes though SAT3)

Anyways thanks for the help. Never actually thought of using tracert (not that I would even know what to look for!)
 
Ja, but in my experience IS fibre has been better than Telkom for some time now. At least for four or five months now.
 
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