From a source I'm going to keep anonymous right now, check this out:

<quote>There is a problem between China Telecom and CNC right now.

Their in ability to get contracts sorted out and start to work as a "unit" as opposed to treatign each others networks like fortified LAN's is also a problem.

We have noticed that about from not being able to get reverse DNS setup due to the problem.  We are having many packets from our data centre (fibre to CNC) taking the logn way around and bouncign between cnc and china telecom multiple times to get anywhere.

This has led us to the discovery of "Good IP" and "Bad IP".  I know - it's pathetic - but this is China.

>From the same host with two IP's bound to the same NIC.  A transfer to our HK server takes about 5-9K/sec with the "Bad IP".  A "good IP" does it at a rate of 332K/sec!

Needless to say the good IP's are in short supply and we hold them close to our chests....</quote>

Ah, the pains of competition.