The great firehole of Nicaragua

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Submitted by gwolf on Lun, 06/15/2009 - 22:37

Ufff...

I have spent a couple of hours connected from Norman García's house, in Managua. Norman is most kindly hosting me at home for a couple of days before we leave (tomorrow) for Estelí, where the Central American Free Software Encounter will be held.

Now, the network feels really slow. However, it can sustain download rates of around 512Kbps, quite acceptable. Latency is what kills. But... I was stunned with mtr's results to my home server:

  1.  Host                                                       Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  2.  1. speedtouch.lan                                           0.0%    16  101.1  51.0   3.2 101.1  32.2
  3.  2. 1-0-212-190.enitel.net.ni                               12.5%    16  210.6 156.3  21.4 376.4  91.7
  4.  3. 17-83-62-200.enitel.net.ni                              86.7%    16   23.0  22.8  22.6  23.0   0.2
  5.  4. 10.192.100.49                                           66.7%    16  219.7 166.1  30.9 283.0  94.4
  6.  5. 10.192.4.89                                             86.7%    16  136.7 106.7  76.7 136.7  42.5
  7.  6. 10.192.4.82                                             66.7%    16  125.2 130.2  42.2 233.5  72.0
  8.  7. 10.192.4.46                                             66.7%    16  249.9 130.3  55.2 249.9  75.3
  9.  8. 10.192.4.50                                             92.9%    15   41.3  41.3  41.3  41.3   0.0
  10.  9. 10.192.4.54                                             66.7%    15   85.6 138.8  85.6 169.7  33.4
  11. 10. 10.192.4.86                                             64.3%    15  141.1 154.9  82.4 264.0  66.8
  12. 11. 10.192.5.17                                             78.6%    15   86.4 150.3  74.1 290.5 121.5
  13. 12. 10.192.5.21                                             86.7%    15  112.6  78.0  43.4 112.6  49.0
  14. 13. 10.192.3.17                                             57.1%    15  225.1 152.6  52.5 246.1  77.7
  15. 14. 10.192.3.9                                              53.8%    14   69.5 151.4  69.5 235.6  52.8
  16. 15. 10.192.3.5                                              84.6%    14  236.0 141.1  46.1 236.0 134.3
  17. 16. 10.192.3.30                                             71.4%    14  116.3 161.2  39.4 258.0 101.9
  18. 17. 10.192.3.34                                             84.6%    14   67.9  52.5  37.1  67.9  21.8
  19. 18. 10.192.2.129                                            76.9%    14  258.2 172.0 112.6 258.2  76.4
  20. 19. 10.192.2.241                                            61.5%    14  159.8 117.3  42.3 159.8  51.8
  21. 20. 10.192.6.13                                             78.6%    14  128.1 192.4 128.1 240.4  57.9
  22. 21. 10.192.2.141                                            92.3%    14   63.8  63.8  63.8  63.8   0.0
  23. 22. 10.192.2.45                                             58.3%    13  249.3 196.3 136.3 249.3  46.2
  24. 23. 10.192.2.41                                             91.7%    13  260.5 260.5 260.5 260.5   0.0
  25. 24. 10.192.2.34                                             69.2%    13  231.1 208.7  82.5 260.7  85.3
  26. 25. ???
  27. 26. inet-pue-fuertes-24-pos6-2.uninet.net.mx                63.6%    12  158.0 172.0 111.3 261.2  63.4
  28. 27. dsl-mex-quevedo-2-pos2-0.uninet.net.mx                  90.9%    12  161.0 161.0 161.0 161.0   0.0
  29. 28. ???

Please, somebody explain the basics of routing to Claro/Enitel. This just does not make any sense.