So on a Qatar Airways flight between DOH and AKL, I noticed it was going back to esams. Not sure if this makes sense in all cases
IP 161.30.203.16
Sams-MacBook-Pro:~ reedy$ ping text-lb.esams.wikimedia.org PING text-lb.esams.wikimedia.org (91.198.174.192): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 91.198.174.192: icmp_seq=0 ttl=43 time=904.348 ms 64 bytes from 91.198.174.192: icmp_seq=1 ttl=43 time=966.516 ms 64 bytes from 91.198.174.192: icmp_seq=2 ttl=43 time=850.605 ms 64 bytes from 91.198.174.192: icmp_seq=3 ttl=43 time=910.318 ms ^C --- text-lb.esams.wikimedia.org ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 20.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 850.605/907.947/966.516/41.040 ms Sams-MacBook-Pro:~ reedy$ ping text-lb.eqiad.wikimedia.org PING text-lb.eqiad.wikimedia.org (208.80.154.224): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 208.80.154.224: icmp_seq=0 ttl=45 time=768.968 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.154.224: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=768.083 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.154.224: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=772.186 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.154.224: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=771.782 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.154.224: icmp_seq=4 ttl=45 time=760.882 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.154.224: icmp_seq=5 ttl=45 time=815.495 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.154.224: icmp_seq=6 ttl=45 time=883.064 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.154.224: icmp_seq=7 ttl=45 time=765.375 ms ^C --- text-lb.eqiad.wikimedia.org ping statistics --- 8 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 760.882/788.229/883.064/39.230 ms Sams-MacBook-Pro:~ reedy$ ping text-lb.codfw.wikimedia.org PING text-lb.codfw.wikimedia.org (208.80.153.224): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 208.80.153.224: icmp_seq=0 ttl=46 time=848.402 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.153.224: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=734.402 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.153.224: icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=742.595 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.153.224: icmp_seq=3 ttl=46 time=735.485 ms 64 bytes from 208.80.153.224: icmp_seq=4 ttl=46 time=822.874 ms ^C --- text-lb.codfw.wikimedia.org ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 16.7% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 734.402/776.752/848.402/48.835 ms Sams-MacBook-Pro:~ reedy$ ping text-lb.ulsfo.wikimedia.org PING text-lb.ulsfo.wikimedia.org (198.35.26.96): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=0 ttl=45 time=722.297 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=724.097 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=757.644 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=731.146 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=4 ttl=45 time=729.734 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=5 ttl=45 time=728.418 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=6 ttl=45 time=716.117 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 7 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=7 ttl=45 time=1174.906 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=8 ttl=45 time=720.446 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=9 ttl=45 time=719.559 ms 64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=10 ttl=45 time=732.219 ms ^C64 bytes from 198.35.26.96: icmp_seq=11 ttl=45 time=711.023 ms ^C --- text-lb.ulsfo.wikimedia.org ping statistics --- 13 packets transmitted, 12 packets received, 7.7% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 711.023/763.967/1174.906/124.404 ms Sams-MacBook-Pro:~ reedy$ ping text-lb.eqsin.wikimedia.org PING text-lb.eqsin.wikimedia.org (103.102.166.224): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 103.102.166.224: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=729.871 ms 64 bytes from 103.102.166.224: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=734.393 ms 64 bytes from 103.102.166.224: icmp_seq=2 ttl=47 time=764.762 ms 64 bytes from 103.102.166.224: icmp_seq=3 ttl=47 time=788.261 ms 64 bytes from 103.102.166.224: icmp_seq=4 ttl=47 time=809.938 ms ^C --- text-lb.eqsin.wikimedia.org ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 16.7% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 729.871/765.445/809.938/30.758 ms Sams-MacBook-Pro:~ reedy$