-----Original Message----- From: nznog-bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog- bounces(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Simon Lyall Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 5:37 PM To: dean(a)deanpemberton.com Cc: nznog Subject: Re: [nznog] Customer DNS was: Re: Vodafone DNS
The simple answer is because neither of these providers have servers in New Zealand (or Australia) so all queries to them go to Singapore or Taiwan (or somewhere else quite a distance away).
Google have servers connected to PIPE IX in Sydney. $ ping 8.8.8.8 PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=61 time=0.862 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=2 ttl=61 time=0.854 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=3 ttl=61 time=0.945 ms ^C --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.854/0.887/0.945/0.041 ms Not that I'm advocating their use, but they're within throwing distance for people with network on this side of the water.