[kictanet] Seacom goes live?

[Bill Kagai]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:34 AM, aki<aki275 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> For those of us who have been keenly watching the packets since seacom

> - GSM Operator Safaricom : Went Live on Seacom +29 hours of Seacom Launch
>
> - Data Operator KDN : Went live testing on Seacom -72 Hours before Seacom
> Launch.

Look at these two different paths the two operators you mention take
if I ping them from Memphis....To me it looks like one is on satellite
and the other on cable....

Last login: Thu Jul 30 07:00:42 on ttys000
bildad-kagais-macbook-pro:~ billkagai$ traceroute www.safaricom.com
traceroute to www.safaricom.com (196.201.208.27), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  3.849 ms  1.181 ms  1.371 ms
 2  192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254)  2.255 ms  1.712 ms  1.886 ms
 3  adsl-177-19-1.mem.bellsouth.net (74.177.19.1)  10.646 ms  11.275
ms  10.268 ms
 4  70.159.236.29 (70.159.236.29)  19.060 ms  20.193 ms  25.065 ms
 5  70.159.236.31 (70.159.236.31)  16.328 ms  11.658 ms  11.774 ms
 6  70.159.236.243 (70.159.236.243)  17.501 ms  18.247 ms  18.279 ms
 7  ixc00mem-ge-0-0-0.bellsouth.net (205.152.228.64)  18.168 ms
18.275 ms  16.689 ms
 8  axr01bna-so-1-0-0.bellsouth.net (65.83.239.22)  18.128 ms  16.613
ms  16.589 ms
 9  65.83.238.96 (65.83.238.96)  16.199 ms  16.946 ms  32.426 ms
10  65.83.238.154 (65.83.238.154)  20.540 ms  16.468 ms  16.803 ms
11  cr1.nsvtn.ip.att.net (12.123.129.10)  26.284 ms  25.887 ms  26.393 ms
12  cr2.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.28.105)  25.621 ms  26.445 ms  24.673 ms
13  ggr1.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.140.105)  23.786 ms  25.416 ms  31.474 ms
14  192.205.34.158 (192.205.34.158)  24.824 ms  25.128 ms  25.017 ms
15  if-11-0-0.core3.AEQ-Ashburn.as6453.net (64.86.9.18)  42.729 ms
41.251 ms  41.868 ms
16  if-11-0-0-903.mcore3.LDN-London.as6453.net (195.219.195.153)
119.397 ms  118.530 ms  119.062 ms
17  ix-12-1-0.mcore3.LDN-London.as6453.net (195.219.195.110)  376.084
ms  302.909 ms  411.831 ms
18  196.201.208.27 (196.201.208.27)  299.284 ms  417.131 ms  298.975 ms

bildad-kagais-macbook-pro:~ billkagai$ traceroute www.kdn.co.ke
traceroute to www.kdn.co.ke (41.220.227.90), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  4.018 ms  1.235 ms  2.541 ms
 2  192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254)  2.319 ms  1.745 ms  1.851 ms
 3  adsl-177-19-1.mem.bellsouth.net (74.177.19.1)  11.134 ms  11.824
ms  11.124 ms
 4  70.159.236.29 (70.159.236.29)  19.838 ms  17.622 ms  18.410 ms
 5  70.159.236.31 (70.159.236.31)  11.879 ms  14.893 ms  11.588 ms
 6  70.159.236.243 (70.159.236.243)  17.523 ms  17.215 ms  18.185 ms
 7  ixc00mem-ge-0-0-0.bellsouth.net (205.152.228.64)  18.638 ms
17.593 ms  16.793 ms
 8  axr01bna-so-1-0-0.bellsouth.net (65.83.239.22)  18.360 ms  19.504
ms  18.128 ms
 9  12.83.10.126 (12.83.10.126)  18.166 ms  16.886 ms  16.143 ms
10  65.83.238.150 (65.83.238.150)  17.563 ms  16.266 ms  16.803 ms
11  cr1.nsvtn.ip.att.net (12.123.129.54)  25.816 ms  26.342 ms  25.999 ms
12  cr2.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.28.105)  26.144 ms  25.842 ms  25.156 ms
13  ggr2.attga.ip.att.net (12.122.140.93)  23.561 ms  24.900 ms  25.183 ms
14  192.205.35.170 (192.205.35.170)  25.001 ms  25.235 ms  23.453 ms
15  63-218-215-206.static.pccwglobal.net (63.218.215.206)  391.125 ms
250.444 ms  252.220 ms
16  abn-20308018209.asiabroadcast.tv (203.80.182.9)  419.180 ms
250.401 ms  363.411 ms
17  abs-20320222966.absatellite.net (203.202.229.66)  818.993 ms
819.433 ms  718.233 ms
18  210-5-199-25.reverse.newskies.net (210.5.199.25)  817.294 ms
819.505 ms  676.103 ms
19  * * *
20  41.220.227.90 (41.220.227.90)  706.917 ms !<10>  817.381 ms !<10>
819.204 ms !<10>
bildad-kagais-macbook-pro:~ billkagai$