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This observation also points out that RTT based geolocation techniques cannot be relied upon in case of such circuitous routes.

Malaysian Hosts

Looking at the Directivity for Malaysian hosts monitored from Malaysian host we see several with Directivity > 1.
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Looking at www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/table.pl?from=Malaysia&to=Malaysia&file=alpha&date=2013-03

It is seen that for Mar 2013 the Directivity is > 1 (it is 2.17)

Clicking on the 2.17 we see in http://www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/pingtable.pl?by=by-node&file=alpha&from=MY.UM.PINGER&to=MY.AIU.EDU.MY^{Image Added} that this is true for each month Feb thru April 2013.

Looking in pingtable.pl at the last 120 days from UM to Malaysia we see this is true for each day measured (the URL is http://www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/pingtable.pl?file=alpha&by=by-node&size=100&tick=last120days&from=MY.UM.PINGER&to=Malaysia&ex=none&only=all&dataset=hep&percentage=any^{Image Added})

Looking in pingtable.pl at last 120 days for minimum RTT for UM to Malaysia we see the min RTT to be consistent at ~ 1.2ms.

Clicking on the ?r for UM to AIU we get the lat-longs of the two sites:
NODENAME: pinger.fsktm.um.edu.my
IPADDRESS: 202.185.107.238
SITENAME: fsktm.um.edu.my
NICKNAME: MY.UM.PINGER
FULLNAME: University of Malaya
LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur
COUNTRY: Malaysia
CONTINENT: S.E. Asia
LATANDLONG: 3.1601 101.6910

NODENAME: www.aiu.edu.my
IPADDRESS: 110.4.45.135
SITENAME: aiu.edu.my
NICKNAME: MY.AIU.EDU.MY
FULLNAME: Albukhary International University
LOCATION: Albukhary International University, Alor Setar, Kedah
COUNTRY: Malaysia
CONTINENT: S.E. Asia
LATANDLONG: 6.1356 100.3905

Using the Google map tool (with Chrome or Firefox) http://www-wanmon.slac.stanford.edu/wan-mon/viper/pinger-coverage-gmap.html^{Image Added} we see Alor Setar is in the N. of Malaysia.

Using http://www.distance-calculator.co.uk/world-distances-kuala_lumpur-to-alor_setar.htm^{Image Added} we see the distance between KL and is 358.1 km.
The limit of maximum distance using the speed of life in fibre gives distance=alpha*min_RTT*100km (with alpha =1) or ~ 120km.

Thus I come to the conclusion that the host www.aiu.edu.my is not in Alor Setar. I will Disable this host in our database.