There is now an instance of an anycast I-Root name server attached to the WIX. Those peering with the WIX route servers should be seeing an announcment for 192.36.148.0/24. From Wellington I'm seeing RTTs like this: $ ping 192.36.148.17 PING 192.36.148.17 (192.36.148.17) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=1 ttl=252 time=3.90 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=2 ttl=252 time=1.12 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=3 ttl=252 time=1.73 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=4 ttl=252 time=2.07 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=5 ttl=252 time=1.18 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=6 ttl=252 time=1.62 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=7 ttl=252 time=1.80 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=8 ttl=252 time=1.92 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=9 ttl=252 time=1.43 ms --- 192.36.148.17 ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 8080ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.125/1.867/3.905/0.782 ms and from a host in Auckland which doesn't see the announcement I see: $ ping 192.36.148.17 PING 192.36.148.17 (192.36.148.17): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=257.7 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=255.9 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=255.9 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=256.8 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=256.2 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=5 ttl=55 time=257.9 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=6 ttl=55 time=259.5 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=7 ttl=55 time=256.5 ms 64 bytes from 192.36.148.17: icmp_seq=8 ttl=55 time=257.2 ms --- 192.36.148.17 ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 9 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 255.9/257.0/259.5 ms Thanks to InternetNZ who funded this and to Packet Clearing House and Autonomica for making it happen. Enjoy!