Netflix now directly peered with Excitel Broadband

[a.c]

Netflix has started peering with Excitel now (just like google). Also the open connect has some strict bandwidth requirement. It means that excited now has somewhat better bandwidth and reach.

URL: c001.del002.excitel.isp.nflxvideo.net

Traceroute: (<3 ms response time)

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                      WinMTR statistics                                   |
|                       Host              -   %  | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|                             192.168.0.1 -    0 |    9 |    9 |    1 |    1 |    2 |    1 |
|                            103.211.16.1 -    0 |    9 |    9 |    2 |    2 |    4 |    2 |
|                   No response from host -  100 |    2 |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |
|                            103.56.231.1 -    0 |    9 |    9 |    3 |    3 |    5 |    3 |
|                          103.56.231.139 -    0 |    9 |    9 |    1 |    2 |    4 |    1 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|
   WinMTR v0.92 GPL V2 by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider

 

[Sushubh]

wait. netflix was always included their list of peered services when they actually highlighted peered services on the packages!

or maybe not. wtf. lol.

 

[mikrotik]

Netflix, Hotstar, Microsoft, Google, youtube. These used to be highlighted.

 

[Sushubh]

heh. i cannot find any old image with netflix logo on it.

 

[a.c]

It used to be served through Extreme-IX Delhi. That also is technically "peering" but this is even a level above. Where they install OCA in Excitel Server location directly

EDIT:
IP (a few days ago): c001.del002.ix.nflxvideo.net
Which is served via extreme-ix

 

[Sushubh]

can't touch 100mbps on fast.com though.

 

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[a.c]

I don't think that will be possible with their current CAT5(e) based cabling for ethernet connections. Should reach close to 100 though

 

[Sushubh]

80mbps compared to 90+mbps on speedtest.net. even cloudflare speedtest goes above 90mbps.

 

[pavas]

I am getting around 75- 82 mbps download speed on 100mbps plan where as 90+ mbps upload speed with Cat 5 cable with 2 wiring. Are you guys also getting same issue or is this fine ?

 

[Aakash Malhotra]

thats how it is with most lco's. most likely the switch that your lco is using is not a gigabit switch. i would recommend downgrading to either 75Mbps plan or 60Mbps plan.