Re: Long hops on international paths

[Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org>]

PAUL R BARFORD wrote on 17/01/2022 18:02:
> For example, there is a router operated by Telia (AS1299) in Chicago 
> that has a high concentration of such links.

this doesn't appear to match 1299's public network topology:

https://www.teliacarrier.com/our-network.html

Is ttl decrement disabled on the test paths you're measuring?

Broadly speaking, if you have a point-to-point link from one location to 
another (or parallel set of links with a common failure path, e.g. waves 
on a specific fibre path), there's a single router at each end.

Nick