PacNet are retarded (and so are AINS)

PacNet, the strange and no-more-relevant merger of AsiaNetcom and Pacific Internet (at least, it's of no relevance here in Australia), are retarded.

Looking at Pipe's website, PacNet's Sydney DC is a "Pipe Approved" DC. In theory, this means they peer with Pipe.

Taking an IP in their Sydney DC (say 61.14.142.1) and shoving it in Pipe's "Am I Connected?" tool yields most interesting results.

The Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane IX points show the IP as reachable, but NSW does not. Which idiot decided to stop announcing that subnet at Pipe NSW? They even announce it at WAIX.

Take iiNet and Internode - their networks will telegraph the traffic to a peering point they can reach in another city for their Sydney users, and then PacNet will carry the traffic back to Sydney!

PacNet are definitely connected to Pipe in Sydney, as their looking glass gets back onto iiNet's network via Pipe NSW. PacNet peer directly with Internode, but Matthew Moyle-Croft (who answers questions about Internode's network on Whirlpool) has made some very "interesting" statements about PacNet's policies since the merger, and the resultant value of the peering relationship.

Why anyone would use their transit capacity or intercapital backhaul when perfectly good peering options are available at a much lower cost is beyond me. The only other carrier/provider I know of that does this are those inept fools at AINS/SuperNerd. That said, they did manage to get one of their peers to announce one of their subnets today but not route the traffic for some reason I'm yet to be informed of.