flycuban
join:2005-04-25
Homestead, FL
 ·DSLi
·Speakeasy
| Just the beginging
I see no point in this merger with Bellsouth, Cingular, SBC. This was supposed to lower prices? And now that at&t is in the position to do whatever they want - the smaller ISP's that use at&t for wholesale DSL service are really going to get screwed.
What tickles me to death is that Comcast uses at&t as there main backbone internet provider.... |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| said by flycuban  :I see no point in this merger with Bellsouth, Cingular, SBC. This was supposed to lower prices? And now that at&t is in the position to do whatever they want - the smaller ISP's that use at&t for wholesale DSL service are really going to get screwed.
What tickles me to death is that Comcast uses at&t as there main backbone internet provider.... Actually, Comcast doesn't - ANYMORE. They built their own fiber backbone and mostly just peer to AT&T like they do with many other backbone providers.
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flycuban
join:2005-04-25
Homestead, FL
·DSLi
·Speakeasy
| 99.999% of there peer goes to at&t... Just funny that they use there competitor for there main transit peering...They complain about at&t, but they use them on the back end. You would think they would use level 3 or some other company and not use at&t at all. Go Figure! |
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dadkins
Living on a Blu Planet
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to flycuban
said by flycuban :What tickles me to death is that Comcast uses at&t as there main backbone internet provider.... Ok...
Me to N.J. then me to DSLReports.
To N.J - all Comcast
I see Comcast all the way from here(S.F. Bay Area, California) to Ashburn, Virginia, then Tiscali to NAC.net for DSLReports
Yes, on occasion Comcast does peer with AT&T for some things, but Comcast does have Nation Wide backbone itself.
Look for cbone and ibone.
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast Formerly ..
| reply to flycuban
said by flycuban :99.999% of there peer goes to at&t... Just funny that they use there competitor for there main transit peering...They complain about at&t, but they use them on the back end. You would think they would use level 3 or some other company and not use at&t at all. Go Figure! They do it the same reason why my company uses it. When you request multiple pops from them it is much cheaper to get connections out all over the place. Main issue is when they upgrade core routers and they take a dive , it brings down the whole network.
AT&T is just cheaper if you want diverse pops. I wish Verizon would do something to lower their diverse pop prices. I hate seeing my work traffic all going over at&t , I want to see diversity.
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flycuban
join:2005-04-25
Homestead, FL
·DSLi
·Speakeasy
| reply to dadkins
NOT FROM MIAMI - Almost all of our traffic is on at&t bro.
Tracing route to msnbc.com [207.46.245.61]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 4 ms 16 ms 7 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 103 ms 7 ms * ge-1-2-ur01.perrine.fl.pompano.comcast.net [68.8
5.229.57]
4 11 ms 12 ms 9 ms te-9-2-ar01.miamimetro.fl.pompano.comcast.net [6
8.86.165.37]
5 10 ms * 10 ms po-1-ar02.pompanobeach.fl.pompano.comcast.net [6
8.86.164.13]
6 19 ms 24 ms 20 ms 12.116.114.13
7 100 ms 100 ms 100 ms tbr1.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.122.106.6]
8 107 ms 108 ms 107 ms cr1.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.122.21.1]
9 101 ms 99 ms 105 ms cr2.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.31.29]
10 101 ms 101 ms 100 ms tbr1.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.17.14]
11 100 ms 100 ms 100 ms tbr2.dtrmi.ip.att.net [12.122.10.197]
12 100 ms 100 ms 100 ms tbr2.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.10.134]
13 99 ms 98 ms 101 ms cr1.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.17.201]
14 106 ms 100 ms 100 ms cr1.st6wa.ip.att.net [12.122.31.162]
15 104 ms 99 ms 100 ms tbr1.st6wa.ip.att.net [12.122.23.130]
16 100 ms 100 ms 100 ms 12.127.6.33
17 91 ms 92 ms 91 ms 12.124.173.42
18 92 ms 97 ms 91 ms ge-5-3-0-56.tuk-64cb-1a.ntwk.msn.net [207.46.44.
1]
19 102 ms 91 ms 91 ms ten2-1.tuk-76c-1b.ntwk.msn.net [207.46.36.201]
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Tracing route to www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [209.191.93.52]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 9 ms 9 ms * ge-1-2-ur01.perrine.fl.pompano.comcast.net [68.8
5.229.57]
4 9 ms 10 ms * te-9-2-ar01.miamimetro.fl.pompano.comcast.net [6
8.86.165.37]
5 11 ms * * po-1-ar02.pompanobeach.fl.pompano.comcast.net [6
8.86.164.13]
6 18 ms 18 ms 19 ms 12.116.114.13
7 52 ms 51 ms 50 ms tbr1.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.122.106.6]
8 50 ms 51 ms 51 ms cr1.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.122.21.17]
9 52 ms 51 ms 50 ms cr1.hs1tx.ip.att.net [12.122.31.241]
10 50 ms 50 ms 50 ms cr2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.5.233]
11 52 ms 50 ms 51 ms tbr2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.18.206]
12 51 ms 49 ms 50 ms gar8.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.100.81]
13 53 ms 52 ms 52 ms 12.86.20.18
14 107 ms 54 ms 54 ms ge-0-1-0-p110.msr2.mud.yahoo.com [216.115.104.10
1]
15 54 ms 52 ms 51 ms te-8-1.bas-c2.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.193.7]
16 57 ms 53 ms 52 ms f1.www.vip.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.93.52]
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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert www.cnn.com
Tracing route to www.cnn.com [64.236.16.20]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 20 ms 2 ms 5 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 60 ms 199 ms 199 ms ge-1-2-ur01.perrine.fl.pompano.comcast.net [68.8
5.229.57]
4 9 ms 9 ms * te-9-2-ar01.miamimetro.fl.pompano.comcast.net [6
8.86.165.37]
5 10 ms * 11 ms po-1-ar02.pompanobeach.fl.pompano.comcast.net [6
8.86.164.13]
6 18 ms 18 ms 19 ms 12.116.114.13
7 28 ms 27 ms 28 ms tbr1.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.122.106.6]
8 28 ms 28 ms 26 ms cr1.ormfl.ip.att.net [12.122.21.9]
9 27 ms 28 ms 28 ms cr2.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.31.29]
10 28 ms 28 ms 28 ms tbr1.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.17.6]
11 27 ms 26 ms 26 ms ggr3.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.96.9]
12 27 ms 26 ms 25 ms br1-a340s7.wswdc.ip.att.net [192.205.34.162]
13 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms bb1-atm-P4-0.atdn.net [66.185.147.208] |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
| reply to flycuban
said by flycuban :.. This was supposed to lower prices? .... you know who thought the merger would lower prices?
NOBODY!
they figured if they said it people would believe it. turns out the regulators (or deregulators) didn't care whether it would raise prices or not. |
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dadkins
Living on a Blu Planet
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
edit:
February 28th, @01:21PM
| reply to flycuban
You stated that "Comcast uses at&t as there main backbone internet provider..."
I showed you that in most cases, they do not - at least from here in California.
For that Yahoo address you used: 209.191.93.52...
No AT&T here - I see Level3.
Comcast will peer with whomever is closest if needed.
Not just AT&T.
For most national backbone tasks, Comcast will use their own - for many of us!
YMMV
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Similarly, DSL-Extreme uses multiple, including Level3
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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flycuban
join:2005-04-25
Homestead, FL | reply to dadkins
I guess each "Region" has there own peering sites, because here in Florida most if not all the traffic goes thru at&t.. Hardly none of the traffic goes on the Comcast national backbone... |
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dadkins
Living on a Blu Planet
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| I'm not doubting that.
Nearly all of Comcast traffic here used to go through AT&T a couple years ago.
Not anymore!
For some routes, sure! AT&T, Gblx, Level3...
For *most* things, here in my part of the State, it stays on Comcast across the country.
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SoilFlames
Premium
join:2002-03-17
Andover, MN
clubs:
edit:
February 28th, @02:31PM
| reply to dadkins
Does comcast really own their own lines from SF to NJ??
I have no idea. But I would assume the fiber along the way is owned by someone else. |
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Doug135
join:2008-01-12
Laredo, TX
·AT&T Southwest
| reply to dadkins
i've got AT&T and i trace routed 209.191.93.52 and i got:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 264 ms 274 ms 202 ms ppp-70-244-249-254.dsl.snantx.swbell.net [70.244.249.254]
3 151 ms 72 ms 127 ms dist2-vlan60.snantx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.17.163]
4 407 ms 155 ms 98 ms bb1-g9-3-0.snantx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.17.246]
5 385 ms 564 ms * 151.164.95.188
6 427 ms 496 ms 397 ms asn10310-11-yahoo.eqdltx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.250.202]
7 499 ms 334 ms 297 ms ge-0-1-0-p110.msr2.mud.yahoo.com [216.115.104.101]
8 147 ms 435 ms 252 ms te-9-1.bas-c1.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.193.9]
9 301 ms 349 ms 432 ms f1.www.vip.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.93.52]
Trace complete.
i tried 68.86.220.145 and it switches from sbc servers to level3 servers and then to the comcast servers. i take it as at&t peers with others as well. |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
edit:
February 29th, @05:12AM
| Mark the difference between AT&T Internet Services (ATTIS), which provides your network connections to other transit services, and AT&T Worldnet Services (ATTW), which is the Tier 1 backbone transit provider offering services comparable to Level 3, Qwest, and Verizon (Business); all of which are also Tier 1 networks.
ATTIS will only connect with ATTW when routing tables call for it.
You, as an at&t Yahoo! HSI customer, will be on the ATTIS network until it connects with a destination transit provider, as announced in BGP by the destination.
P.S. I forgot to mention that ATTIS will connect directly to Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! networks, without going through any other transit. At least for all trace routes I have ever run to them.
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to flycuban
The AT&T loop price hike is for their last mile service in the 13-state legacy SBC region. It should only affect DSL prices related to the DSLAM and ATM networks for at&t Yahoo! HSI subscribers. There should be no impact on the ILEC DSL prices in AT&T Southeast (the former Bellsouth FastAccess, which is now called, "AT&T FastAccess), or the reselling of CLEC services outside of the AT&T ILEC footprint (AT&T Worldnet DSL Service, which resells Covad connections; and their prices are controlled by the regional ILECs serving Covad). Nor should it directly impact the AT&T Tier 1 backbone (AT&T Worldnet Services, or ATTW), which provides transit to Comcast in Florida.
Do remember, before AT&T bought Bellsouth, SBC bought AT&T. The only thing SBC changed was the name of the company; management is still the same as it was under SBC.
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to flycuban
said by flycuban :I guess each "Region" has there own peering sites, because here in Florida most if not all the traffic goes thru at&t.. Hardly none of the traffic goes on the Comcast national backbone... Indeed. However, isn't Florida one of the regions Comcast picked up from Road Runner? Perhaps Comcast hasn't, yet, built out their backbone in the Southeastern U.S.?
One Global Crossing (Tier 1 backbone provider) hop between ATTIS (my provider's backbone) and Comcast's 'ibone' network.
One Level 3 (Tier 1 backbone provider) hop between ATTIS (my provider's backbone) and Comcast's 'ibone' network.
All connections to West Coast destinations are made right here in San José, California.
Seven Level 3 (Tier 1 backbone) hops between ATTIS in San José, California and the Comcast 'ibone' network in Chicago, Illinois.
I would guess that Comcast just has to put in their 'ibone' in the Southeast, based on trace routes to '.hsd1.ga.comcast.net' and '.hsd1.fl.comcast.net' from the West Coast.
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