Tracert analysis (Aleron or MegaPop?)

[Bob]

I signed up for a dialup service with PowerHost.com that supposedly is using
the Aleron network, but the tracert from my Panix shell account to my IP sure
looks a lot like MegaPop to me. The POP number I am dialing is 530-494-0155,
which according to PowerHost is the same number you would use for MegaPop. How
can Aleron and MegaPop share the same POP?

Bob

~> trace 66.248.72.104
traceroute to 66.248.72.104 (66.248.72.104), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 user.hsrp.w18.nyc.access.net (166.84.1.30) 0.934 ms 0.521 ms 0.446 ms
2 S8-0-0-T3.l3core.nyc.access.net (166.84.64.14) 1.153 ms 1.027 ms 1.000
ms
3 249.210.8.207.in-addr.arpa (207.8.210.249) 1.194 ms 1.052 ms 1.315 ms
4 169.130.235.13 (169.130.235.13) 1.129 ms 1.225 ms 2.028 ms
5 169.130.44.237 (169.130.44.237) 1.209 ms 1.213 ms 1.424 ms
6 at-gsr1-alb-1-0-OC3.appliedtheory.net (169.130.3.30) 4.627 ms 6.664 ms
4.467 ms
7 at-gsr2-syr-3-0-OC12.appliedtheory.net (169.130.3.42) 7.191 ms 7.422 ms
6.889 ms
8 so-4-1-2.nycmny1-hcr3.bbnplanet.net (4.25.133.41) 14.137 ms 13.762 ms
12.834 ms
9 p12-0.nycmny1-nbr1.bbnplanet.net (4.0.7.10) 18.406 ms 13.182 ms 13.575
ms
10 so-5-1-0-100.bbr1.nyc1.Level3.net (64.159.4.61) 12.962 ms 13.235 ms
13.253 ms
11 so-2-2-0.bbr2.Chicago1.level3.net (64.159.0.237) 45.531 ms 44.683 ms
44.721 ms
12 pos9-0.core2.Chicago1.Level3.net (209.247.10.174) 46.777 ms 46.882 ms
45.201 ms
13 gige6-2.ipcolo1.Chicago1.Level3.net (209.244.8.22) 44.683 ms 45.078 ms
44.608 ms
14 unknown.Level3.net (209.247.34.166) 45.373 ms 44.987 ms 46.071 ms
15 border3.ge2-0-bbnet1.chg.pnap.net (64.94.32.7) 49.621 ms 44.094 ms
43.423 ms
16 starnet-6.border3.chg.pnap.net (64.74.96.26) 39.231 ms 39.974 ms 41.729
ms
17 den2-core1-p2-0.starnetusa.net (216.126.146.142) 66.567 ms 66.278 ms
66.388 ms
18 lax1-core1-p4-0.starnetusa.net (216.126.146.149) 91.471 ms 91.685 ms
90.619 ms
19 oak1-core1-s2-0.starnetusa.net (216.126.145.2) 100.048 ms 98.876 ms
100.152 ms
20 stk1-core1-s1-0.starnetusa.net (216.126.145.18) 102.520 ms 104.428 ms
103.278 ms
21 stk2-dial1.popsite.net (216.126.150.226) 103.241 ms 102.635 ms 104.101
ms
22 01-104.139.popsite.net (66.248.72.104) 229.780 ms 223.523 ms 207.694 ms

[a***@MIX.COM]

Post by Bob
I signed up for a dialup service with PowerHost.com that supposedly is using
the Aleron network, but the tracert from my Panix shell account to my IP sure
looks a lot like MegaPop to me. The POP number I am dialing is 530-494-0155,
which according to PowerHost is the same number you would use for MegaPop.
How can Aleron and MegaPop share the same POP?

Because they're a bunch of low-life sleeze balls? MegaPop is probably
getting pretty well known so now we have a name change to aliviate that
problem. MegaPop isn't all that bad, but they're not all that good
either. Even though they do provide dial-up shell access for Panix.

Not that MCI isn't a much much worse bunch of sleezes, but at least their
dial-up stuff (Alternet's actually) still works pretty well. It probably
costs more too though. I think even my price is around $20 a month now
(as an Alternet customer).

O1.COM should be another half-way decent one, I'll attempt to actually
phone them and find out what their story is tomorrow.

Billy Y..

[Darin Wayrynen]

Just a bit of self promoting - we are offering nationwide dialup now
ourselves, using Ikano - who uses a large set of other carrier
networks. :-) Level3/Qwest/etc - it all depends on the city.

Darin
www.deru.net

Post by a***@MIX.COM

Post by Bob
I signed up for a dialup service with PowerHost.com that supposedly is using
the Aleron network, but the tracert from my Panix shell account to my IP sure
looks a lot like MegaPop to me. The POP number I am dialing is 530-494-0155,
which according to PowerHost is the same number you would use for MegaPop.
How can Aleron and MegaPop share the same POP?

Because they're a bunch of low-life sleeze balls? MegaPop is probably
getting pretty well known so now we have a name change to aliviate that
problem. MegaPop isn't all that bad, but they're not all that good
either. Even though they do provide dial-up shell access for Panix.
Not that MCI isn't a much much worse bunch of sleezes, but at least their
dial-up stuff (Alternet's actually) still works pretty well. It probably
costs more too though. I think even my price is around $20 a month now
(as an Alternet customer).
O1.COM should be another half-way decent one, I'll attempt to actually
phone them and find out what their story is tomorrow.
Billy Y..