Active Telemetry Monitoring

GCI Alaska Telemetry Dashboard

Concurrent network monitoring comparing unencrypted port 443 TCP/HTTPS handshakes against a wireguard tunnel to Seattle. Designed to isolate middlebox-induced timeouts.

VPN Seattle Tunnel Control Group A

Packet Loss

0.0%

Avg Latency

~45ms

Deco Router Client VPN (WireGuard to Seattle)
Restores clean packet flow and flat baseline

Raw GCI Network Control Group B

Packet Loss

~83%

TCP Timeout

15.0s

Bypasses Deco VPN client (Raw GCI Alaska Routing)
Suffers massive packet loss and persistent socket hangs

Telemetry Graphs (Last 3 Hours)

Seattle VPN Tunnel (Control A)

Measures HTTP/HTTPS latency & packet loss to Roblox API endpoints over NordVPN WireGuard. Note the flat, low-deviation lines showing consistent connections.

Raw GCI Native (Control B)

Measures identical HTTP/HTTPS handshakes bypassing the VPN client directly over GCI Alaska. Note the heavy vertical smoke and red blocks indicating severe packet drop and timeouts.

Technical Breakdown & Diagnostic Analysis

This deployment tests unencrypted HTTPS (TCP Port 443) performance directly against Roblox's edge load balancer. Standard web traffic and API handshakes are monitored concurrently by two separate physical nodes on the same local subnet.

Why standard ping (ICMP) doesn't show this:

Many gaming websites and API Gateways filter or prioritize ICMP (ping) traffic, giving misleading metrics. This telemetry uses high-resolution TCP handshakes (TCPPing) to verify if actual sockets can connect.

The "Seattle Bypass" proof:

Because wrapping the exact same destination requests inside a NordVPN WireGuard tunnel instantly drops packet loss to 0.00% and yields a stable 45ms latency, the core GCI trunk line to Seattle is healthy. The issue lies within GCI's internal unencrypted packet parsing, throttling, or DPI middleboxes.

Spam-free Escalation:

This live dashboard is hosted securely and automatically updated every hour. By pointing ISP representatives and online community boards to this static URL, we avoid the daily posting limits of forums like r/anchorage while displaying real-time scientific telemetry.