Hmm, strange. After today's hotfixes (and the May 6 DDoS), the NTT routing now goes from Dallas to Miami then to Sacramento, at least for me.

Traceroute enclosed as proof, starting at the first NTT node.

8 28 ms 27 ms 28 ms ae-13.a01.dllstx14.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.8.213]
9 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms ae-6.r22.dllstx14.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.118]
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 54 ms 52 ms 56 ms ae-0.a02.miamfl02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.4]
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 54 ms 53 ms 53 ms ae-0.r22.miamfl02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.5]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 95 ms 100 ms 94 ms ae-5.a01.scrmca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.7]
17 95 ms 93 ms 94 ms ae-1.a00.scrmca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.76]
18 95 ms 94 ms 93 ms xe-0-0-5-0.a00.scrmca03.us.ce.gin.ntt.net [128.241.2.18]
19 94 ms 94 ms 94 ms 204.2.29.241
20 93 ms 92 ms 94 ms 204.2.29.122