Etisalat ISP Has Very Poor Routing And Connectivity

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Etisalat ISP has very poor routing and connectivity Dec 09, 2008
I am very surprised that Dubai does not have a better ISP.
I also notice the price is about $150 CAD per month for a 4mbit connection.

I know Dubai could do better, they could get direct peering through Canada, Europe and Asia to improve speeds. They should invest in fibre routes to the closest internet hubs in the region and offer 1gbit to the home. I know Dubai has the ability and potential to this and this will truly make them a world marvel and player in the telecom industry by bringing the fastest broadband speeds in the world home.

In comparison I can reach anywhere in Europe in less than 100 MS and most places in Asia in less than 260 ms (sometimes even 160 ms).


Here a traceroute from one of the datacenters with premium tier-1 bandwidth:

6 ge-0-1-0.401.ar1.YYZ1.gblx.net (64.214.196.25) 1.737 ms 1.770 ms 1.689 ms
7 pos7-0-0-10G.ar2.CHI2.gblx.net (67.17.105.110) 16.500 ms 16.355 ms 16.437 ms
8 if-13-21.icore1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net (206.82.141.49) 24.884 ms 24.883 ms 24.925 ms
9 if-7-1-0-17.core1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net (66.110.27.49) 60.451 ms 60.448 ms 14.489 ms
10 if-0-1-0.core2.NTO-NewYork.as6453.net (66.110.14.22) 29.327 ms 29.248 ms 75.367 ms
11 if-5-0.core1.NTO-NewYork.as6453.net (216.6.82.65) 75.190 ms 75.316 ms 29.574 ms
12 if-10-0.core2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net (216.6.82.82) 227.919 ms 274.222 ms 274.149 ms
13 if-12-0-0.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net (209.58.105.81) 281.295 ms 281.406 ms 235.505 ms
14 ix-1-1-1.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net (209.58.105.2) 313.979 ms 268.011 ms 274.469 ms
15 195.229.1.169 (195.229.1.169) 352.665 ms 352.856 ms 398.727 ms

compevo
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Dec 15, 2008
hi
can u plz send to me the source and destination IP add.
Etisalat have peering with europ as well with US and Canada, the problem may that your ISP is not peering with Etisalat.
send the data to me and i will c what i can do.
cheers
yasrkasem
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Dec 15, 2008
Thanks yasrkasem, do you work for Etisalat?
I've tried a traceroute from 4 different ISPs in Canada, actually 5 and most traceroutes were the same, and even ones that took routes through Hong Kong or Europe still had at least 300 ms latency :(

Some ISPs tested: Bell/Group Telecom, Telus, Tata/Teleglobe, Internap
compevo
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Dec 15, 2008
hi again,
well, you can send a mail to etisalat noc@emix.net.ae
copy of fresh traceroute and source and destination IP will be very helpfull
just it may take time for investigation.
and yes i do work for Etisalat.

cheers
yasrkasem
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Dec 26, 2008
Can't send to noc. Got following error:

Your message cannot be delivered to the following recipients:

Recipient address: jalak<>emixDOTnetDOTae
Original address: noc<>emixDOTnetDOTae
Reason: Over quota
nrgbi
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Dec 27, 2008
hi,
this is a group os receiption mail and one of the boxs is full this is why the error message, but the original message should be received.
yasrkasem
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