Do you think cloudflare is responsible for all of the network traffic routing in the entire world and can simply fix any problem even if it's on somebody else's network?
replyNo. I do think that Cloudflare is a great company and got where it's at today because they care for this type of issue, and has a much better chance of contacting their peering traffic partner than me because they take care of ~20% of all internet traffic, while I take care of none.
replyIt is possible that Claro has a bad route that sends all traffic destined for Cloudflare through New York.
replyEvery once and a while we have had Bell Canada route a request that should be going about 6 blocks away across the continent and back.
replyThey are not super helpful fixing it either.