Hi. I'm new here so please bear with me and I apologize for any mistakes in advance.
So I moved to a rather remote area about 6 years ago, in 2010. There were no wired Internet services, so I bought a Tata Photon + dongle. There was BSNL, but they say that they have "run out of connections" in my area. So, to the point: My local cable operator launched FTTH services about a month ago. I happily took the 15 GB at 4 Mbps plan (no FUP, that's the upper limit after which I lose internet access. I haven't been there yet, though), because Tata Photon was crap, and expensive af too.. But when I was getting bored, I ran a trace route to Google. I was surprised that it always showed the second hop as 5.5.5.98, first being 192.168.1.1, which is my router. I tried a couple of different sites, the second hop was always 5.5.5.98. I ran a couple of WHOIS and IP Lookup tests, and got to know that it was in Germany. When I enter that into my browser, I'm presented with a login page which is the same as the one I get when I enter my own external IP in my browser. Also, my IP seems to be allotted to Compulink India, if it helps.
So, my concern is... am I being monitored? Man-in-the-middle?
So I moved to a rather remote area about 6 years ago, in 2010. There were no wired Internet services, so I bought a Tata Photon + dongle. There was BSNL, but they say that they have "run out of connections" in my area. So, to the point: My local cable operator launched FTTH services about a month ago. I happily took the 15 GB at 4 Mbps plan (no FUP, that's the upper limit after which I lose internet access. I haven't been there yet, though), because Tata Photon was crap, and expensive af too.. But when I was getting bored, I ran a trace route to Google. I was surprised that it always showed the second hop as 5.5.5.98, first being 192.168.1.1, which is my router. I tried a couple of different sites, the second hop was always 5.5.5.98. I ran a couple of WHOIS and IP Lookup tests, and got to know that it was in Germany. When I enter that into my browser, I'm presented with a login page which is the same as the one I get when I enter my own external IP in my browser. Also, my IP seems to be allotted to Compulink India, if it helps.
So, my concern is... am I being monitored? Man-in-the-middle?
