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UPDATE: Appears to be resolved now!

  $ ping -c4 1.1.1.1 
  PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1): 56 data bytes
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=17.714 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=19.176 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=12.712 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=15.703 ms
  
  --- 1.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
  4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
  round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 12.712/16.326/19.176/2.424 ms

Shows resolved as of Jul 14, 2025 - 23:20 UTC

Seems intermittent or location dependent. I can't ping 1.1.1.1, but 1.0.0.1 works.

It is entirely location-dependent because of how Anycast works as implemented in (E)BGP. There is no single "1.1.1.1", but many hosts that share the same vIP in many physical locations.

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