Google's ultimate goal is to have a GGC in every network. They cost Google next-to-nothing and the closer they can get to the consumer, the better.
----- Original message ----- > Hi, > > MTN, as part of its grameen/google project has been running a cache for > about 2 years already and got away with not sharing it with their > peers. > > I guess running 2 caches in one country doesnt really make sense to > google, so let's see what happens. > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > > > On Saturday 17 July 2010 15:23:11 Gerald Begumisa wrote: > > Done from a server using MTN Internet (results are different from > > another ISP). > > > > [be...@node-55 ~]$ ping www.google.com > > PING www.l.google.com (212.88.118.147) 56(84) bytes of data. > > 64 bytes from h1693.n2.ips.mtn.co.ug (212.88.118.147): icmp_seq=0 > > ttl=59 time=20.0 ms > > 64 bytes from h1693.n2.ips.mtn.co.ug (212.88.118.147): icmp_seq=1 > > ttl=59 time=19.0 ms > > > > [be...@node-55 ~]$ dig @ns1.google.com. google.com a > > ... > > ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ... > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > > google.com. 300 IN A > > 212.88.118.147 > > > > > > [be...@node-55 ~]$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net 212.88.118.147 > > ... > > organisation: ORG-MU2-AFRINIC > > org-name: MTN Uganda > > org-type: LIR > > country: UG > > > > > > Interesting... > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
