From a Verizon FiOS connection in Massachusetts, I get:
$ traceroute thepiratebay.se
traceroute to thepiratebay.se (194.71.107.15), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
... snip ...
3 ae0-0.bos-bb-rtr2.verizon-gni.net (130.81.209.94) 4.940 ms 3.924 ms 4.962 ms
4 0.xe-8-0-0.br3.nyc4.alter.net (152.63.23.241) 13.551 ms 15.600 ms 14.553 ms
5 204.255.169.234 (204.255.169.234) 14.996 ms 13.661 ms 15.424 ms
6 ae-2.r23.nycmny01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.148) 14.953 ms 16.048 ms 14.726 ms
7 ae-6.r21.frnkge03.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.181) 109.988 ms 106.394 ms 107.488 ms
8 ae-1.r02.frnkge03.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.163) 105.110 ms 108.378 ms 104.977 ms
9 xe-3-2.r00.dsdfge02.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.61) 129.906 ms 141.522 ms 141.731 ms
10 213.198.77.122 (213.198.77.122) 105.035 ms 104.582 ms 105.151 ms
11 * * *
12 * xe-0-1-0-3.r02.frnkge03.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.5.62) 143.231 ms *
13 xe-0.level3.frnkge03.de.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.8.202) 161.436 ms 125.598 ms 159.774 ms
14 * vlan90.csw4.frankfurt1.level3.net (4.69.154.254) 262.171 ms 270.225 ms
15 ae-82-82.ebr2.frankfurt1.level3.net (4.69.140.25) 197.361 ms 214.021 ms 272.423 ms
16 ae-61-61.csw1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.66) 219.914 ms 244.709 ms 214.996 ms
17 ae-21-70.car1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.155.67) 232.323 ms * 203.640 ms
18 intelsat-in.car1.newyork1.level3.net (64.156.82.14) 319.879 ms * 219.131 ms
19 rvs-rt0003_fe-0-0 .intelsatone.net (209.159.170.215) 289.920 ms 357.010 ms 332.387 ms
20 202.72.96.6 (202.72.96.6) 832.528 ms 844.070 ms *
21 175.45.177.217 (175.45.177.217) 797.110 ms 839.233 ms 859.813 ms
... snip ...
40 * *^C
$ whois 175.45.177.217
... snip ...
inetnum: 175.45.176.0 - 175.45.179.255
netname: STAR-KP
descr: Ryugyong-dong
descr: Potong-gang District
country: KP
admin-c: SJVC1-AP
tech-c: SJVC1-AP
status: ALLOCATED PORTABLE
mnt-by: APNIC-HM
mnt-lower: MAINT-STAR-KP
mnt-routes: MAINT-STAR-KP
remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
remarks: This object can only be updated by APNIC hostmasters.
remarks: To update this object, please contact APNIC
remarks: hostmasters and include your organisation's account
remarks: name in the subject line.
remarks: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20091221
source: APNIC
role: STAR JOINT VENTURE CO LTD - network administrat
address: Ryugyong-dong Potong-gang District
country: KP
phone: +66 81 208 7602
fax-no: +66 2 240 3180
e-mail: sahayod@loxley.co.th
admin-c: SJVC1-AP
tech-c: SJVC1-AP
nic-hdl: SJVC1-AP
mnt-by: MAINT-STAR-KP
changed: hm-changed@apnic.net 20091214
source: APNIC
$
KP is North Korea. And their IP, 194.71.107.15, is indeed German. And telephone country code 66 is Thailand.
Hmm, tracepath and traceroute give me differing results. With traceroute the last hop I get is 202.72.96.6 which is apparently Cambodia. traceroute takes me from London to Germany to New York to Cambodia. It's a strange route.
From a Verizon FiOS connection in Massachusetts, I get:
KP is North Korea. And their IP, 194.71.107.15, is indeed German. And telephone country code 66 is Thailand.
Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_North_Korea
Hmm, tracepath and traceroute give me differing results. With traceroute the last hop I get is 202.72.96.6 which is apparently Cambodia. traceroute takes me from London to Germany to New York to Cambodia. It's a strange route.