[outages] Akamai Geolocation Concerns

[Jared Mauch]

I recommend against using 1.1.1.1 as that may direct you to far away locations.

I can help you off-list further.

- Jared

> On Jan 17, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Josh Luthman via Outages <outages at outages.org> wrote:
> 
> The IPs you're coming from, look what they say at the various geolocation services here:
> 
> http://thebrotherswisp.com/index.php/geo-and-vpn/ 
> 
> Also, have you tried a local DNS server and not Google/Cloudflare Anycast ones? 
> 
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
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> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 2:13 PM Dan White via Outages <outages at outages.org> wrote:
> We are seeing some geolocation oddities with a couple of websites hosted at, or resolved by, Akamai.
> 
> Two hostnames I'm looking at include:
> 
> business.officedepot.com
> www.teacherspayteachers.com
> 
> 'A' records for both have a TTL of 20 seconds, and randomly resolve to IPs in the US, and Europe (we are in the US/Oklahoma).
> 
> For example, business.officedepot.com is resolving to both 96.17.32.230 and
> 88.221.37.87 (at different times). I've verified the same inconsistent
> behavior against 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1.
> 
> This is causing issues for an educational customer of ours. Is anyone aware
> of issues within Akamai that may be causing them to source content from
> Europe?
> 
> -- 
> Dan White
> BTC Broadband
> Network Admin Lead
> Ph  918.366.0248 (direct)   main: (918)366-8000
> Fax 918.366.6610            email: dwhite at mybtc.com
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