ian:14$ traceroute xxxxxHere's another Toronto-area example:
traceroute to xxxxx (24.138.xxx.xxx), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 0.361 ms 0.316 ms 0.283 ms 2 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 2.27 ms 2.100 ms 1.977 ms 3 dis20-toronto12_lo0_Dis.net.bell.ca (64.230.194.178) 9.836 ms 10.551 ms 9.596 ms 4 64.230.233.77 (64.230.233.77) 10.222 ms 8.874 ms 10.153 ms 5 core3-toronto12_GE14-0-2.net.bell.ca (206.108.107.121) 9.626 ms 11.696 ms 9.726 ms 6 newcore3-toronto12_POS0-12-1-0_core (64.230.158.61) 10.581 ms 10.846 ms 9.735 ms 7 core1-chicago23_pos13-0-0.net.bell.ca (64.230.147.18) 22.675 ms 19.409 ms 20.34 ms 8 bx6-chicago23_POS0-3-0-0.net.bell.ca (64.230.186.202) 24.439 ms 23.528 ms 26.465 ms 9 te1-1.ccr02.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.11.29) 22.487 ms 20.622 ms 19.804 ms 10 te2-4.mpd01.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.214) 34.84 ms 33.387 ms 34.704 ms 11 switchworks-technologies.demearc.cogentco.com (38.102.194.42) 35.808 ms 34.475 ms 34.545 ms 12 H202.C185.tor.switchworks.net (204.15.185.202) 36.140 ms 36.188 ms 36.186 ms 13 H253.C185.tor.switchworks.net (204.15.185.253) 36.868 ms 38.400 ms 41.815 ms 14 H230.C185.tor.switchworks.net (204.15.185.230) 41.454 ms 38.965 ms 40.634 ms 15 * * * 16 * *^C
ian:3$ traceroute xxx
traceroute to xxx, 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 0.552 ms 0.499 ms 0.457 ms 2 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 4.869 ms 8.874 ms 5.504 ms 3 172.31.254.37 (172.31.254.37) 17.995 ms 21.199 ms 13.49 ms 4 fe0-0.xcr02.wightman.ca (216.110.227.210) 11.773 ms 12.615 ms 13.207 ms 5 142.46.4.9 (142.46.4.9) 15.829 ms 15.570 ms 15.29 ms 6 142.46.0.13 (142.46.0.13) 25.827 ms 17.279 ms 17.450 ms 7 if-1-150.mcore3.MTT-Montreal.teleglobe.net (216.6.111.13) 25.55 ms 26.918 ms 119.648 ms 8 if-3-0.mcore4.MTT-Montreal.teleglobe.net (216.6.114.2) 25.482 ms 25.823 ms 25.702 ms 9 Pos-channel1.mcore3.NYY-NewYork.teleglobe.net (216.6.81.17) 33.20 ms 33.186 ms 33.136 ms 10 if-1-0.core2.NTO-NewYork.teleglobe.net (216.6.97.41) 33.808 ms 52.528 ms 32.840 ms 11 Vlan13.icore1.NTO-NewYork.teleglobe.net (216.6.97.6) 43.623 ms 39.39 ms 35.623 ms 12 * te9-3.mpd01.jfk05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.12.93) 45.821 ms 48.320 ms 13 vl3495.ccr04.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.6.45) 52.540 ms te9-2.mpd03.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.5.209) 45.996 ms te9-2.ccr04.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (130.117.0.53) 45.525 ms 14 te2-2.ccr02.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.5.242) 64.888 ms 51.85 ms 52.362 ms 15 te1-4.mpd01.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.25.102) 68.386 ms te7-2.mpd01.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.25.106) 62.897 ms 63.215 ms 16 switchworks-technologies.demearc.cogentco.com (38.102.194.42) 65.748 ms 67.234 ms 72.970 ms 17 * * H202.C185.tor.switchworks.net (204.15.185.202) 64.231 ms 18 H253.C185.tor.switchworks.net (204.15.185.253) 58.419 ms 54.689 ms 57.279 ms 19 H230.C185.tor.switchworks.net (204.15.185.230) 60.864 ms 57.823 ms 54.692 ms 20 * * * 21 * * *
It could be that the names with "chicago" and "new york" are fake, to fool people like me. But the transit times double to Chicago and nearly so to New York, so I doubt it.
Or, maybe it's just that Bell and Teleglobe (which used to be owned by Bell) can't find any other way to get from Toronto to Toronto. But I doubt that, too.