Anyone else seeing international traffic slower than usual?

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#315890 28-Aug-2024 11:45

Hi Geek Zone!

Over the last month or two, I've seen several international sites not running as fast as they could be. This is most obvious on Gmail/Google Workspaces and Xero, but also on YouTube & Netflix to a lesser extent.

I wouldn't usually think much of it, but it happens at home (Max UFB via Slingshot) and work (Max UFB via Orcon).

It's made me wonder if anyone else has noticed something similar. Is it just me?

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#3276083 28-Aug-2024 12:05

Probably relevant that both Orcon and Slingshot are Vocus owned ISP's and have been for some time. I'm sure someone will come along with more in depth industry knowledge, but I'd suspect that they both largely use the same backhaul/upstreams.

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#3276373 28-Aug-2024 18:42

Possibly a routing issue?

We used to get random funny routes to some international sites back in the FX days prior to vocus. They would fix themselves a couple of days later - usually a CDN node not working right and they would route us across to australia or something like that.

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#3276394 28-Aug-2024 21:05

Lias:

Probably relevant that both Orcon and Slingshot are Vocus owned ISP's and have been for some time. I'm sure someone will come along with more in depth industry knowledge, but I'd suspect that they both largely use the same backhaul/upstreams.

Ah, thanks for that! I didn't realise this. Slingshot recently increased prices so this is a good reason to switch away and see if that fixes my issues.

Any recommendations for an alternative? Skinny looks competitive.