Australia servers now all connect to central location
Running a trace route from various locations in Australia, the servers all seem to terminate in Adelaide.
I am located in Perth, and previously would get ~8ms pings to the Perth server, however now when I trace to it, it appears to be connecting in Adelaide. This means my round trip is around 37ms.
From Perth (not connected to VPN) here's a trace to multiple Australian servers. Note that they all end up in Adelaide.
This is a recent change, and is far less than ideal for latency sensitive applications. In fact it defeats the purpose entirely of having servers in different Australian cities.
[email protected]:~# mtr -w -c 4 perth.privateinternetaccess.com
Start: 2020-10-31T13:17:51+0800
HOST: HTPC Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- router.asus.com 0.0% 4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0
2.|-- 58.162.27.131 0.0% 4 31.5 15.4 6.0 31.5 12.0
3.|-- 10.205.122.6 0.0% 4 30.9 12.8 6.2 30.9 12.1
4.|-- 10.205.122.1 0.0% 4 7.9 7.9 7.7 8.0 0.1
5.|-- cpe-141-168-7-70.static.belong.com.au 0.0% 4 8.4 7.9 7.4 8.4 0.5
6.|-- Bundle-Ether13.wel-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 8.5 7.9 7.6 8.5 0.4
7.|-- bundle-ether2.pie-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 7.8 8.8 7.8 11.3 1.7
8.|-- bundle-ether11.pie-core10.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 9.6 10.2 8.4 13.3 2.1
9.|-- bundle-ether3.way-core10.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 36.7 36.4 35.4 36.9 0.7
10.|-- bundle-ether1.way-edge903.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 36.8 35.9 34.5 37.2 1.4
11.|-- twi3395298.lnk.telstra.net 0.0% 4 35.7 35.7 35.3 36.0 0.3
12.|-- 104.18.5.18 0.0% 4 35.8 37.2 35.8 41.4 2.8
Start: 2020-10-31T13:17:51+0800
HOST: HTPC Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- router.asus.com 0.0% 4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0
2.|-- 58.162.27.131 0.0% 4 31.5 15.4 6.0 31.5 12.0
3.|-- 10.205.122.6 0.0% 4 30.9 12.8 6.2 30.9 12.1
4.|-- 10.205.122.1 0.0% 4 7.9 7.9 7.7 8.0 0.1
5.|-- cpe-141-168-7-70.static.belong.com.au 0.0% 4 8.4 7.9 7.4 8.4 0.5
6.|-- Bundle-Ether13.wel-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 8.5 7.9 7.6 8.5 0.4
7.|-- bundle-ether2.pie-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 7.8 8.8 7.8 11.3 1.7
8.|-- bundle-ether11.pie-core10.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 9.6 10.2 8.4 13.3 2.1
9.|-- bundle-ether3.way-core10.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 36.7 36.4 35.4 36.9 0.7
10.|-- bundle-ether1.way-edge903.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 36.8 35.9 34.5 37.2 1.4
11.|-- twi3395298.lnk.telstra.net 0.0% 4 35.7 35.7 35.3 36.0 0.3
12.|-- 104.18.5.18 0.0% 4 35.8 37.2 35.8 41.4 2.8
[email protected]:~# mtr -w -c 4 sydney.privateinternetaccess.com
Start: 2020-10-31T13:19:02+0800
HOST: HTPC Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- router.asus.com 0.0% 4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.0
2.|-- 58.162.27.131 0.0% 4 7.4 6.7 6.0 7.4 0.8
3.|-- 10.205.122.6 0.0% 4 6.3 6.5 6.3 7.2 0.5
4.|-- 10.205.122.2 0.0% 4 7.9 8.6 7.9 9.7 0.9
5.|-- cpe-141-168-8-70.static.belong.com.au 0.0% 4 7.6 8.5 7.6 9.7 0.9
6.|-- Bundle-Ether13.wel-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 7.6 8.1 7.6 8.6 0.4
7.|-- 203.50.6.174 0.0% 4 9.9 9.8 8.9 10.6 0.7
8.|-- bundle-ether3.fli-core10.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 36.8 38.1 36.8 39.4 1.2
9.|-- bundle-ether1.fli-edge903.Adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 37.4 37.1 36.8 37.4 0.2
10.|-- bundle-ether2.way-edge903.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 35.5 35.7 35.5 36.0 0.2
11.|-- twi3395298.lnk.telstra.net 0.0% 4 36.0 36.7 36.0 37.5 0.8
12.|-- 104.18.4.18 0.0% 4 35.3 35.9 35.3 36.4 0.6
Start: 2020-10-31T13:19:02+0800
HOST: HTPC Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- router.asus.com 0.0% 4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.0
2.|-- 58.162.27.131 0.0% 4 7.4 6.7 6.0 7.4 0.8
3.|-- 10.205.122.6 0.0% 4 6.3 6.5 6.3 7.2 0.5
4.|-- 10.205.122.2 0.0% 4 7.9 8.6 7.9 9.7 0.9
5.|-- cpe-141-168-8-70.static.belong.com.au 0.0% 4 7.6 8.5 7.6 9.7 0.9
6.|-- Bundle-Ether13.wel-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 7.6 8.1 7.6 8.6 0.4
7.|-- 203.50.6.174 0.0% 4 9.9 9.8 8.9 10.6 0.7
8.|-- bundle-ether3.fli-core10.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 36.8 38.1 36.8 39.4 1.2
9.|-- bundle-ether1.fli-edge903.Adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 37.4 37.1 36.8 37.4 0.2
10.|-- bundle-ether2.way-edge903.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 35.5 35.7 35.5 36.0 0.2
11.|-- twi3395298.lnk.telstra.net 0.0% 4 36.0 36.7 36.0 37.5 0.8
12.|-- 104.18.4.18 0.0% 4 35.3 35.9 35.3 36.4 0.6
[email protected]:~# mtr -w -c 4 melbourne.privateinternetaccess.com
Start: 2020-10-31T13:19:35+0800
HOST: HTPC Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- router.asus.com 0.0% 4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0
2.|-- 58.162.27.131 0.0% 4 34.9 13.5 6.0 34.9 14.3
3.|-- 10.205.122.6 0.0% 4 6.4 6.6 6.2 7.3 0.5
4.|-- 10.205.122.1 0.0% 4 9.3 8.5 7.5 9.5 1.0
5.|-- cpe-141-168-7-70.static.belong.com.au 0.0% 4 9.1 8.4 7.3 9.4 1.0
6.|-- Bundle-Ether13.wel-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 7.4 7.8 7.4 8.4 0.4
7.|-- bundle-ether2.pie-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 9.1 8.7 7.8 9.5 0.8
8.|-- bundle-ether11.pie-core10.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 11.4 9.6 8.5 11.4 1.2
9.|-- bundle-ether3.way-core10.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 40.8 38.1 37.1 40.8 1.8
10.|-- bundle-ether1.way-edge903.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 37.6 36.1 34.8 37.6 1.4
11.|-- twi3395298.lnk.telstra.net 0.0% 4 54.7 42.1 37.4 54.7 8.4
12.|-- 104.18.5.18 0.0% 4 35.3 35.7 35.3 36.0 0.3
[email protected]:~#
I tried opening a chat with support but there was nobody available, so am waiting them to contact me back.Start: 2020-10-31T13:19:35+0800
HOST: HTPC Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- router.asus.com 0.0% 4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0
2.|-- 58.162.27.131 0.0% 4 34.9 13.5 6.0 34.9 14.3
3.|-- 10.205.122.6 0.0% 4 6.4 6.6 6.2 7.3 0.5
4.|-- 10.205.122.1 0.0% 4 9.3 8.5 7.5 9.5 1.0
5.|-- cpe-141-168-7-70.static.belong.com.au 0.0% 4 9.1 8.4 7.3 9.4 1.0
6.|-- Bundle-Ether13.wel-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 7.4 7.8 7.4 8.4 0.4
7.|-- bundle-ether2.pie-edge903.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 9.1 8.7 7.8 9.5 0.8
8.|-- bundle-ether11.pie-core10.perth.telstra.net 0.0% 4 11.4 9.6 8.5 11.4 1.2
9.|-- bundle-ether3.way-core10.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 40.8 38.1 37.1 40.8 1.8
10.|-- bundle-ether1.way-edge903.adelaide.telstra.net 0.0% 4 37.6 36.1 34.8 37.6 1.4
11.|-- twi3395298.lnk.telstra.net 0.0% 4 54.7 42.1 37.4 54.7 8.4
12.|-- 104.18.5.18 0.0% 4 35.3 35.7 35.3 36.0 0.3
[email protected]:~#
