Comment Comment by miyuru They are taking about Geo load balancing via DNS.[1]Just try one of the akamai endpoints to test it. (E.g media.steampowered.com)For me 1.1.1.1 serves akamai singapore IPs, while 8.8.8.8 serves IPs of my ISPs akamai cache in Sri Lanka.If your ISP has a bad route to 1.1.1.1, this just gets worse.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoDNS parent miyuru 7 years ago
Just try one of the akamai endpoints to test it. (E.g media.steampowered.com)
For me 1.1.1.1 serves akamai singapore IPs, while 8.8.8.8 serves IPs of my ISPs akamai cache in Sri Lanka.
If your ISP has a bad route to 1.1.1.1, this just gets worse.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoDNS