8 port-channel13.core4.dal1.he.net (184.104.196.170) 1.830 ms 1.969 ms *
9 ns1.he.net (216.218.130.2) 1.539 ms 1.560 ms 1.555 ms
Virginia (measured from Maryland):
11 port-channel2.core1.ash1.he.net (184.105.222.174) 19.666 ms 24.395 ms *
12 ns1.he.net (216.218.130.2) 16.748 ms 17.268 ms 20.507 ms
And California (measured from California):
8 port-channel13.core1.fmt2.he.net (184.104.188.144) 3.830 ms be7.core1.sjc1.he.net (72.52.92.132) 5.197 ms port-channel13.core1.fmt2.he.net (184.104.188.144) 3.901 ms
9 ns1.he.net (216.218.130.2) 2.600 ms 2.435 ms 2.728 ms
The speed of light doesn't lie, IP addresses don't have any sort of physicality.
Not always + there are no consequences whatsoever.
Plenty of leasing services will just provide you with IRR & RPKI, without ever touching the actual records.
> Ping time from different locations on their upstream AS gives a good guess.
Upstream AS is meaningless if it's a T1 carrier. Ping AS6939. They are everywhere.