I would like to note, however, that there are very large number of REAL situations where the best route for an EU-EU bound packet is via the US. Depending on t

I would like to note, however, that there are very large number of REAL situations where the best route for an EU-EU bound packet is via the US. Depending on the providers in question, the specifics of their interconnects, and the explicits of any congestion mitigating traffic engineering, the shortest AS-Path announcement may come via an US peer.