On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 22:28, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:

this would be hilarious if it wasn't downright sad. exactly what were
they testing for all those years?

On 2/29/12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Using my unlocked Huawei E160 and my Airtel SIM Card (sent "start" t 544 to
> get 50MB for testing), I was able to sample Airtel's 3.75G...
>
> The following stats show you just how ugly it is - all local traffic seem
> to go out first, then back. KIXP is dead in so far as these guys are
> concerned, right? smtpout.accesskenya.com and 62.8.64.102 are hosted
> locally by AK and Zuku respectively, yet you can see the route to those via
> Airtel:(
>
> C:\Users\Washington>tracert www.gmail.com
>
> Tracing route to googlemail.l.google.com [74.125.236.85]
> over a maximum of 30 hops:
>
> 1 72 ms 79 ms 78 ms 172.16.5.4
> 2 76 ms 79 ms 79 ms 172.16.6.1
> 3 1039 ms 570 ms 69 ms 172.16.15.4
> 4 86 ms 79 ms 87 ms 172.16.12.2
> 5 75 ms 78 ms 79 ms 41.223.57.238
> 6 166 ms 159 ms 158 ms 41.223.59.142
> 7 175 ms 158 ms 169 ms 10.87.2.89
> 8 357 ms 328 ms 379 ms
> dsl-del-static-081.45.246.61.airtelbroadband.in [61.246.45.81]
> 9 1372 ms 595 ms 519 ms 64.211.193.85
> 10 387 ms 358 ms 369 ms 74.125.51.189
> 11 336 ms 345 ms 359 ms 209.85.252.76
> 12 1221 ms 652 ms 388 ms 216.239.46.224
> 13 1772 ms 805 ms 409 ms 66.249.95.149
> 14 436 ms 389 ms 399 ms 66.249.94.22
> 15 1198 ms 459 ms 619 ms 64.233.174.142
> 16 585 ms 558 ms 549 ms 64.233.174.179
> 17 555 ms 548 ms 599 ms 209.85.255.37
> 18 895 ms 929 ms 939 ms 64.233.175.2
> 19 926 ms 939 ms 959 ms 66.249.94.93
> 20 907 ms 969 ms 1323 ms 66.249.94.73
> 21 648 ms 639 ms 639 ms 209.85.249.235
> 22 911 ms 1099 ms 978 ms maa03s05-in-f21.1e100.net [74.125.236.85]
>
> Trace complete.
>
> C:\Users\Washington>ping -n 20 www.gmail.com
>
> Pinging googlemail.l.google.com [74.125.236.85] with 32 bytes of data:
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=870ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=896ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=892ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=808ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=835ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=803ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=907ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=865ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=800ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=855ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=821ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=860ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=741ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=657ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=674ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=651ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=687ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=713ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=658ms TTL=44
> Reply from 74.125.236.85: bytes=32 time=894ms TTL=44
>
> Ping statistics for 74.125.236.85:
> Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 651ms, Maximum = 907ms, Average = 794ms
>
> C:\Users\Washington>tracert smtpout.accesskenya.com
>
> Tracing route to smtpout.accesskenya.com [196.200.16.40]
> over a maximum of 30 hops:
>
> 1 363 ms 400 ms 397 ms 172.16.5.4
> 2 354 ms 509 ms 409 ms 172.16.6.1
> 3 356 ms 479 ms 449 ms 172.16.15.4
> 4 306 ms 431 ms 356 ms 172.16.12.2
> 5 352 ms 419 ms 697 ms 41.223.57.238
> 6 212 ms 209 ms 229 ms 41.223.59.142
> 7 195 ms 169 ms 168 ms 10.87.2.89
> 8 334 ms 339 ms 309 ms
> dsl-del-static-081.45.246.61.airtelbroadband.in [61.246.45.81]
> 9 1517 ms 626 ms 638 ms 64.211.193.85
> 10 584 ms 639 ms 661 ms ae5.scr3.LON3.gblx.net [67.17.72.22]
> 11 387 ms 408 ms 539 ms te9-2-10G.ar3.CDG2.gblx.net [67.16.148.145]
> 12 345 ms 349 ms 339 ms teleglobe-1.ar3.CDG2.gblx.net [64.208.27.42]
> 13 1281 ms 779 ms 819 ms
> if-2-2.tcore1.PYE-Paris.as6453.net[80.231.154.18]
> 14 794 ms 830 ms 817 ms
> if-8-1600.tcore1.WYN-Marseille.as6453.net[80.231.217.5]
> 15 562 ms 497 ms 489 ms
> if-9-5.tcore1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net[80.231.217.18]
> 16 423 ms * 578 ms
> if-11-0-0.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net[180.87.38.22]
> 17 * * * Request timed out.
> 18 596 ms * 831 ms
> TenGE-2-1-BP_CORE01.accesskenya.com[196.207.31.146]
> 19 586 ms 579 ms 579 ms
> bp-cr-core-datacenter.accesskenya.com[196.207.31.70]
> 20 1846 ms 918 ms 889 ms smtpout.accesskenya.com [196.200.16.40]
>
> Trace complete.
>
> C:\Users\Washington>tracert 62.8.64.102
>
> Tracing route to gw.kictanet.or.ke [62.8.64.102]
> over a maximum of 30 hops:
>
> 1 149 ms 129 ms 68 ms 172.16.5.4
> 2 84 ms 80 ms 78 ms 172.16.6.1
> 3 75 ms 79 ms 79 ms 172.16.15.4
> 4 76 ms 68 ms 69 ms 172.16.12.2
> 5 85 ms 79 ms 78 ms 41.223.57.238
> 6 214 ms 229 ms 1699 ms 41.223.59.142
> 7 497 ms 964 ms 238 ms 10.87.2.89
> 8 364 ms 359 ms 1854 ms
> dsl-del-static-081.45.246.61.airtelbroadband.in [61.246.45.81]
> 9 634 ms 709 ms 639 ms 64.211.193.85
> 10 584 ms 884 ms 379 ms ae6.scr4.LON3.gblx.net [67.17.106.150]
> 11 314 ms 299 ms 299 ms te8-1-10GE.ar7.LON3.gblx.net [67.16.143.217]
> 12 1229 ms 1453 ms 446 ms tata-1.ar7.lon3.gblx.net [64.215.195.238]
> 13 320 ms 299 ms 309 ms
> if-14-1-0-466.core4.LDN-London.as6453.net[80.231.76.241]
> 14 460 ms 450 ms 447 ms
> ix-3-3-1.core4.LDN-London.as6453.net[195.219.195.214]
> 15 471 ms 459 ms 448 ms 41.212.32.41.wananchi.com [41.212.32.41]
> 16 413 ms 369 ms 379 ms
> g1-0-2.cr01.ke-nbi.wananchi.com[41.212.1.106]
> 17 379 ms 388 ms 389 ms 41.212.1.194.wananchi.com [41.212.1.194]
> 18 363 ms * * 41.212.1.46.wananchi.com [41.212.1.46]
> 19 677 ms 708 ms 709 ms gw.kictanet.or.ke [62.8.64.102]
>
> Trace complete.
>
> C:\Users\Washington>ping -n 20 62.8.64.102
>
> Pinging 62.8.64.102 with 32 bytes of data:
> Request timed out.
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=395ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=392ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=397ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=373ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=379ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=1628ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=676ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=533ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=590ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=576ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=553ms TTL=54
> Request timed out.
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=557ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=542ms TTL=54
> Request timed out.
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=546ms TTL=54
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=572ms TTL=54
> Request timed out.
> Reply from 62.8.64.102: bytes=32 time=525ms TTL=54
>
> Ping statistics for 62.8.64.102:
> Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 16, Lost = 4 (20% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 373ms, Maximum = 1628ms, Average = 577ms
>
>
> ..and for me to RDP to a Desktop in the office (Wilson Airport), I have to
> take the path below:
>
> C:\Users\Washington>tracert 196.200.26.114
>
> Tracing route to 196.200.26.114.accesskenya.com [196.200.26.114]
> over a maximum of 30 hops:
>
> 1 411 ms 489 ms 439 ms 172.16.5.4
> 2 365 ms 359 ms 398 ms 172.16.6.1
> 3 350 ms 79 ms 79 ms 172.16.15.4
> 4 76 ms 79 ms 118 ms 172.16.12.2
> 5 75 ms 79 ms 79 ms 41.223.57.238
> 6 175 ms 209 ms 159 ms 41.223.59.142
> 7 200 ms 190 ms 201 ms 10.87.2.89
> 8 325 ms 329 ms 378 ms
> dsl-del-static-081.45.246.61.airtelbroadband.in [61.246.45.81]
> 9 322 ms 329 ms 309 ms 64.211.193.85
> 10 304 ms 329 ms 329 ms ae5.scr3.LON3.gblx.net [67.17.72.22]
> 11 314 ms 329 ms 309 ms po10-20g.ar3.CDG2.gblx.net [67.16.130.221]
> 12 315 ms 318 ms 329 ms teleglobe-1.ar3.CDG2.gblx.net [64.208.27.42]
> 13 443 ms 449 ms 439 ms
> if-2-2.tcore1.PYE-Paris.as6453.net[80.231.154.18]
> 14 413 ms 429 ms 419 ms
> if-8-1600.tcore1.WYN-Marseille.as6453.net[80.231.217.5]
> 15 424 ms 429 ms 429 ms
> if-9-5.tcore1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net[80.231.217.18]
> 16 434 ms 419 ms 429 ms
> if-11-0-0.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net[180.87.38.22]
> 17 * * * Request timed out.
> 18 * 517 ms *
> TenGE-2-1-BP_CORE01.accesskenya.com[196.207.31.146]
> 19 * 540 ms 511 ms
> 196.200.26.114.accesskenya.com[196.200.26.114]
>
> Trace complete.
>

> *I think they will make so much money out of two classes of fools:*
> *1. those who are stupid enough to go with them at this point in time*
> *2. those who believe they still have no better options :)*
> *

> *
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254733744121/+254722743223
> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

> Please consider the environment before printing this email.
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Regards,

Mark Mwangi

markmwangi.me.ke
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