2nd Root Server in Europe

Jim Dixon:
> Try collector.linx.net = 194.68.130.254

Bingo !

Still the end user's point of view :

traceroute to collector.linx.net (194.68.130.253), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  sisint.net.pasteur.fr (157.99.60.1)  1 ms  1 ms  1 ms
 2  cerbere.pasteur.fr (157.99.64.1)  2 ms  1 ms  2 ms
 3  pasteur-paris.rerif.ft.net (193.49.176.1)  3 ms  3 ms  3 ms
 4  stlambert.rerif.ft.net (192.93.50.145)  7 ms  6 ms  6 ms
 5  stamand3.renater.ft.net (195.220.180.9)  8 ms  8 ms  8 ms
 6  stamand1.renater.ft.net (195.220.180.43)  7 ms  7 ms  7 ms
 7  rbs1.renater.ft.net (195.220.180.50)  10 ms  7 ms  8 ms
 8  Paris-EBS2.Ebone.net (192.121.156.89)  9 ms  9 ms  12 ms
 9  icm-dc-2-S4/0-1984k.icp.net (192.157.65.129)  100 ms  105 ms  91 ms
10  icm-dc-1-F0/0.icp.net (198.67.131.36)  108 ms  97 ms  94 ms
11  icm-mae-e-H1/0-T3.icp.net (198.67.131.9)  303 ms  102 ms  298 ms
12  br2.tco1.alter.net (192.41.177.249)  94 ms  98 ms  99 ms
13  Hssi1-0.CR2.DCA1.Alter.Net (137.39.100.22)  100 ms  121 ms  122 ms
14  Fddi0-0.GW2.DCA1.Alter.Net (137.39.33.132)  92 ms  104 ms  123 ms
15  INSnet-gw1.ALTER.NET (137.39.128.130)  101 ms  94 ms  92 ms
16  s1.lon1gw1.uk.insnet.net (194.177.171.22)  176 ms  172 ms  188 ms
17  atm0-2.lon2gw2.uk.insnet.net (194.177.170.196)  191 ms  187 ms  182 ms
18  collector.linx.net (194.68.130.254)  104 ms  100 ms *

So I would really prefer a new root server near Washington. And I'm sure
that would also be better to US biz'ness.

Free suggestion to european network providers (Ebone and Dante particularly
as those 2 are getting a lot of our money, I mean public money) : save the
money for a root server and spend it in decent connectivity.

(end of stupid-end-user comments).

-- 
Christophe Wolfhugel  -+- SIS, Institut Pasteur, Paris
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