O ho ho ho. So sure of this, are you? 
We're actually currently hosted in Houston, TX, in HostGator's data center. The traceroute is actually a bit devious, as Comcast evidently peers with HostGator's ISP at Microsoft's peering point in Washington (AS8075). The next hop, 216.117.50.142, is CyrusOne, a data center provider in whose Houston, TX data center HostGator's racks reside. My guess is that Microsoft leases some space from them to run part of Azure, and Comcast just takes advantage of the peering point.
You should check out the tools at DNSstuff -- they're quite awesome and include a great IP geolocation tool.
Going forward, our shiny new AWS virtual servers (currently in testing and looking good!) are hosted in the North Virginia region, in availability zone 1a. Our DNS is hosted by AWS Route 53, which has servers all over.
A quick run of whois will find that, yes, the domain is now under secret registration with dyn.com, which is less a function of "OMG none must know who I am" and more "I don't want spammers to bug me using whois info."
We're actually currently hosted in Houston, TX, in HostGator's data center. The traceroute is actually a bit devious, as Comcast evidently peers with HostGator's ISP at Microsoft's peering point in Washington (AS8075). The next hop, 216.117.50.142, is CyrusOne, a data center provider in whose Houston, TX data center HostGator's racks reside. My guess is that Microsoft leases some space from them to run part of Azure, and Comcast just takes advantage of the peering point.You should check out the tools at DNSstuff -- they're quite awesome and include a great IP geolocation tool.
Going forward, our shiny new AWS virtual servers (currently in testing and looking good!) are hosted in the North Virginia region, in availability zone 1a. Our DNS is hosted by AWS Route 53, which has servers all over.
A quick run of whois will find that, yes, the domain is now under secret registration with dyn.com, which is less a function of "OMG none must know who I am" and more "I don't want spammers to bug me using whois info."
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