Australian ISPs
melbourne$ traceroute hendry.iki.fi traceroute to hendry.iki.fi (83.146.8.59), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 192.168.0.254 (192.168.0.254) 0.224 ms 0.627 ms 0.116 ms 2 61.9.128.251 (61.9.128.251) 5.587 ms 6.261 ms 6.620 ms 3 adelaide-atm.vic.bigpond.net.au (61.9.128.145) 7.324 ms 6.013 ms 8.093 ms 4 61.9.129.6 (61.9.129.6) 8.807 ms 6.990 ms 6.984 ms 5 GigabitEthernet2-10.exi2.Melbourne.telstra.net (139.130.0.5) 6.634 ms 6.954 ms 7.931 ms 6 GigabitEthernet2-9.exi1.Melbourne.telstra.net (203.50.77.33) 6.927 ms 5.917 ms 6.034 ms 7 GigabitEthernet2-2.exi-core1.Melbourne.telstra.net (203.50.77.13) 7.052 ms 6.713 ms 7.220 ms 8 Pos15-0.chw-core2.Sydney.telstra.net (203.50.6.37) 15.231 ms 19.333 ms 13.641 ms 9 10GigabitEthernet1-0.oxf-core1.Sydney.telstra.net (203.50.6.2) 13.667 ms 13.682 ms 14.330 ms 10 10GigabitEthernet6-0.syd-core04.Sydney.net.reach.com (203.50.13.34) 15.515 ms 14.034 ms 15.137 ms 11 i-5-0.syd-core02.net.reach.com (202.84.144.249) 15.021 ms 15.130 ms 15.116 ms 12 i-0-0.wil-core02.net.reach.com (202.84.144.101) 87.804 ms 88.678 ms 88.051 ms 13 i-2-0.dal-core01.net.reach.com (202.84.143.66) 105.450 ms 104.138 ms 113.829 ms 14 level3.Dal-core01.net.reach.com (134.159.63.142) 104.931 ms 103.841 ms 104.742 ms 15 ae-1-54.bbr2.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.68.122.97) 105.148 ms 106.163 ms 104.682 ms 16 4.68.128.210 (4.68.128.210) 147.005 ms 127.075 ms 120.121 ms 17 as-0-0.bbr1.London2.Level3.net (4.68.128.101) 154.690 ms 160.077 ms 156.726 ms 18 as-0-0.bbr1.London1.Level3.net (4.68.128.109) 157.392 ms 156.953 ms 157.385 ms 19 ge-3-0-0-0.gar1.London1.Level3.net (4.68.128.122) 155.321 ms 155.926 ms 159.832 ms 20 195.50.117.106 (195.50.117.106) 154.008 ms 158.532 ms 155.584 ms 21 83.146.19.17 (83.146.19.17) 160.787 ms 159.563 ms 157.557 ms 22 ge-3-0.31.cll-bas-004.bddsl.net (83.146.17.67) 155.681 ms 158.597 ms 160.596 ms 23 host-83-146-8-59.bulldogdsl.com (83.146.8.59) 158.576 ms 159.810 ms 159.139 ms
So all the Internet has to go through America before it hits Europe. Helsinki feels so far away now. Australian ISPs seem big on bandwidth caps too. Nasty. I miss my 1mbit line in Finland!
I am having major problems getting Internet. Libraries require you to be registered before going off to a website, for fear of hacking. Well, I am not an Australian citizen, nor a permanent resident.
I hate Net cafe’s. They usually charge the earth and have some spyware installed. Typical rate, anything above 3AUD an hour.
Oh well, it is not as expensive as getting Wireless access from my laptop. It’s just 13.20AUD an hour. Cheap! NOT.
As for getting broadband at home, you need to sign up for 12month contract. Hmm, I am not going to be here 12 months. Nor do I have a credit card. Oh gosh, see what I am getting at?
It is difficult to be free.