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by pocksuppet 100 days ago
Ping a specific address of AS6939 and find out where it is.
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ns1.he.net - 216.218.130.2, is simultaneously in

Texas (measured from Texas):

  8  port-channel13.core4.dal1.he.net (184.104.196.170)  1.830 ms  1.969 ms *
  9  ns1.he.net (216.218.130.2)  1.539 ms  1.560 ms  1.555 ms
Virginia (measured from Maryland):

  11  port-channel2.core1.ash1.he.net (184.105.222.174)  19.666 ms 24.395 ms *
  12  ns1.he.net (216.218.130.2)  16.748 ms  17.268 ms  20.507 ms
And California (measured from California):

  8  port-channel13.core1.fmt2.he.net (184.104.188.144)  3.830 ms be7.core1.sjc1.he.net (72.52.92.132)  5.197 ms port-channel13.core1.fmt2.he.net (184.104.188.144)  3.901 ms
  9  ns1.he.net (216.218.130.2)  2.600 ms  2.435 ms  2.728 ms
The speed of light doesn't lie, IP addresses don't have any sort of physicality.
https://bgp.tools/as/6939#prefixes

They are everywhere. It's a global carrier. Carriers also know no geographic boundaries.