lots of latency on qwest to google?

[mikea at mikea.ath.cx (mikea)]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 02:06:18PM -0500, Chris Brookes wrote:
> Anyone else seeing a lot of latency to google via qwest?
> 
> ..
> 
> 11     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  min-edge-12.inet.qwest.net [207.225.128.1]
> 12    15 ms    13 ms    12 ms  chx-edge-03.inet.qwest.net [67.14.38.5]
> 13    12 ms    21 ms    13 ms  72.14.214.78
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 14    13 ms    13 ms    13 ms  72.14.236.178
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 15    61 ms    61 ms    61 ms  216.239.43.80
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 16    72 ms    61 ms    62 ms  66.249.94.200
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 17   152 ms   145 ms   144 ms  216.239.43.213
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 18   148 ms   149 ms   150 ms  64.233.175.2
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 19   149 ms   150 ms   149 ms  66.249.94.34
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 20   212 ms   221 ms   212 ms  66.249.94.105
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 21   244 ms   244 ms   245 ms  66.249.94.75
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 22   244 ms   244 ms   244 ms  209.85.241.33
	The above address is is in Google IP space
> 23   244 ms   243 ms   243 ms  74.125.236.52
	The above address is is in Google IP space

Looks to me like the latency from Qwest to Google
(chx-edge-03.inet.qwest.net [67.14.38.5] to 72.14.214.78) is quite
tolerable, but the delay(s) inside Google are a tad bit high. I see much
the same thing from work and from home to 74.125.236.52. As soon as I jump
from my provider's upstream (Qwest at work, Cox at home) to Google, the
times go up sharply along the route to 74.125.236.52. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin