was a bit bored at school so i decided to do a traceroute from school to home, a distance of about 12 physical miles.

the route is as follows:

School, South Wales
Dallas, Texas
New York
London
Rochford, Essex
Home, South Wales.

A total of approximately 9649 virtual miles as opposed to 12 physical ones. Why the stop in rochford? a small town in Essex 35 miles from London? I never realised the internet was so inefficient.