Internet Route Analyzer

What Is the Internet Route Analyzer?

The Internet Route Analyzer is a unique tool that reveals the submarine cable infrastructure behind any website. When you enter a domain, we identify where the server is physically located, find the nearest submarine cable landing points, and show you which undersea cables carry traffic to and from that server.

Unlike standard traceroute or ping tools, we use real monitoring data from the GeoCables.com cable health monitoring network — covering 698 submarine cables and 1,921 landing points worldwide.

What You See in the Results

Server Location

We resolve the domain to an IP address and geolocate the server. You will see the country and city (when available), the number of submarine cables nearby, and the distance from your location to the server in kilometers.

Your Route

This is the most personal part of the results. We determine your location (via your IP address), find the submarine cables near you, and compare them with the cables near the server. You will see:

• Your cables — submarine cables that land near your location
• Direct cables — if any cable connects both your region and the server region directly, it is highlighted as a direct route. This usually means lower latency and more reliable connectivity.
• Indirect route — if there is no common cable, your traffic likely passes through intermediate internet exchange points and transit networks before reaching the server.
• Estimated latency — based on real RTT (Round Trip Time) measurements between your country and the server country over the selected time period.
• Route quality — rated as Excellent (<80ms), Good (80-150ms), Fair (150-250ms), or Poor (>250ms).

Active Anomalies

This section appears when our monitoring system has detected issues on the cables serving the target server. Anomalies include:

• Spike — a sudden increase in latency on a cable, typically 2x or more above the baseline. Spikes can be caused by cable congestion, routing changes, or physical damage.
• Confirmed Anomaly — a spike that persists across multiple measurement cycles, indicating a real problem rather than a transient blip.
• Alert Created — the monitoring system has created a formal alert for this cable, meaning the issue is significant enough to warrant attention.
• Alert Escalated — the situation is getting worse, with latency continuing to rise.

Each anomaly shows the current RTT vs baseline RTT and the severity level (Info, Warning, Critical). If no anomalies are shown, all cables are operating normally.

Submarine Cables Serving This Server

A detailed table of all major submarine cables (longer than 500 km) that land near the server location. For each cable you see:

• Cable name and owners — who built and operates the cable (e.g., Meta, Google, Telecom operators)
• Length — total cable length in kilometers
• Year (RFS) — Ready For Service year, when the cable became operational
• Landing Points — how many locations the cable connects
• Avg RTT — average latency measured through this cable over the selected period
• Anomalies — number of anomalies detected on this cable
• Status:
  • Healthy — no anomalies, normal latency
  • Degraded — some anomalies detected, but the cable is still functional
  • Issues — significant anomaly rate (>20% of checks), possible cable damage or severe congestion

Nearest Cable Landing Points

Landing points are the physical locations where submarine cables come ashore. This table shows the closest landing points to the server, their country, distance, and which cables terminate there. A server close to many landing points benefits from redundant connectivity paths.

How to Use This Information

• All cables healthy, good route quality? — The server has solid connectivity infrastructure. No action needed.
• Anomalies on cables? — If you are experiencing slow loading or timeouts to a website, check if any cables on the route show anomalies. This can explain why the site is slow specifically from your region. Visit GeoCables.com for detailed cable monitoring.
• No direct cable route? — Your traffic passes through transit networks. This is normal for many server-user combinations but means higher latency. Consider a CDN if you run the website.
• Few cables near the server? — The server is in a region with limited submarine cable connectivity. This creates a single point of failure — if one cable goes down, connectivity may be severely affected.

Time Period Selection

You can view data across three time windows:

• 12 hours — Most recent data, best for checking current conditions and active incidents
• 24 hours — Full daily cycle, captures peak and off-peak patterns
• 72 hours — Three-day view, helps distinguish persistent issues from temporary spikes

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