marchhopper
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I operate several machines at a facility approximately 80 kilometers from my residence. A traceroute to my own colocated machine traverses thirty hops. The physical distance is irrelevant; the path originates at my rural ISP, backhauls to a major exchange city, transits three separate networks, and finally returns. The latency is 34 milliseconds. I am paying for this inefficiency. I understand the economic logic of rural aggregation but the topological absurdity still offends me. -- Marcus
