[Data Center USA] Ping increased. Report your changes here.

[Sagittarii]

Yes, I used a website. https://mxtoolbox.com/DNSLookup.aspx I use this site all the time and I actually work for a company that hosts public DNS. In the past, when I have done updates to public DNS records, that site has captured the updates accurately. It looks like SE is using Akamai to host their DNS.

[Raikki]

Yes, I used a website. https://mxtoolbox.com/DNSLookup.aspx I use this site all the time and I actually work for a company that hosts public DNS. In the past, when I have done updates to public DNS records, that site has captured the updates accurately. It looks like SE is using Akamai to host their DNS.

For people who aren't aware, IPs do not have inherent physical location data attached to them. Instead, various companies compile databases of where IPs are thought to be based on data collection. The accuracy of this data varies wildly, and is particularly not useful for newly assigned/reassigned IP blocks.

[TaurusGilgamesh]

Yes, I used a website. https://mxtoolbox.com/DNSLookup.aspx I use this site all the time and I actually work for a company that hosts public DNS. In the past, when I have done updates to public DNS records, that site has captured the updates accurately. It looks like SE is using Akamai to host their DNS.

and thats the thing... try 10 other web services and you will land in dallas, Kentucky, Detroit etc. You won't get a accurate result this way. And as most ppl here are using third party tools, it all got mixed up.
So as my traceroute using prompt is the same as pinging California directly, I'm sure the OP was right from the beginning.