Using their own looking glass (lg.level3.net) produces all sorts of route failures as well. Show Level 3 (Raleigh, NC) Traceroute to so-3-3-0.edge1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.68.127.29) 1 ge-7-0-0.mpls1.Raleigh1.Level3.net (209.244.22.33) 0 msec 0 msec 0 msec 2 so-5-1-0.bbr1.Atlanta1.Level3.net (209.247.11.18) 8 msec 8 msec 8 msec 3 * * ge-10-0.hsa1.Atlanta1.Level3.net (64.159.1.246) !unreachable -- Show Level 3 (Hamburg, Germany) Traceroute to 64.159.1.246 1 ae-0-20.mp2.Hamburg1.Level3.net (195.122.140.202) 4 msec 20 msec 0 msec 2 so-0-0-0.mp2.London1.Level3.net (212.187.128.25) 16 msec 16 msec 28 msec 3 so-1-0-0.bbr2.NewYork1.Level3.net (212.187.128.153) 88 msec 88 msec 88 msec 4 so-0-2-0.bbr2.Atlanta1.Level3.net (64.159.1.1) 104 msec 116 msec 100 msec 5 ge-10-0.hsa1.Atlanta1.Level3.net (64.159.1.246) 104 msec * 100 msec /* I'm seeing packet loss at LAX and SJC both (seems to be one and then the other, back and forth). -- Scott Francis | darkuncle(at)darkuncle(dot)net | 0x5537F527 "I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you have elected the way of pain!" -- Saruman, speaking for sysadmins everywhere */ =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J. Oquendo GPG Key ID 0x51F9D78D Fingerprint 2A48 BA18 1851 4C99 CA22 0619 DB63 F2F7 51F9 D78D http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x51F9D78D sil @ politrix . org http://www.politrix.org sil @ infiltrated . net http://www.infiltrated.net "Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone." -- Ayn Rand