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Re:Internet traffic for Google, Facebook, Apple was briefly ... by jsjohnst on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @08:10PM (#15919191)
Kelnos was correct, the service that 8.8.8.8 provides is DNS, hence the relevance when talking about 8.8.8.8 being anycasted.
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Re:Internet traffic for Google, Facebook, Apple was briefly ... by sp332 on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @08:12PM (#15919202)
Man, I must have been asleep this afternoon because I could not figure out what a bare IP address had to do with DNS. I get it now.
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