@ewenmcneill @Firesphere @aurynn @xssfox More digging indicates Catalyst are seemingly directly up-streamed by CloudFlare also (BGP routes from Atlas) and your path indicates that also.
For your route, Vodafone private peers with CloudFlare so you'd see the most direct path.
Also, you can see the same in Aussie.
https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/47551655/#probes
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@alexs @ewenmcneill @aurynn @xssfox the more I see, the more I'm like "this company has a finger in every bowl of porridge" with or without us knowing