I'm experiencing a double whammy, from Abov->L3, since I seem to go through NYC. Usually I take their private peer back, maybe there are more cuts? bash-2.03$ traceroute 63.209.16.70 traceroute to 63.209.16.70 (63.209.16.70), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 208.184.219.227 (208.184.219.227) 0.649 ms 0.451 ms 0.423 ms 2 208.184.169.main2.above.net (208.184.169.67) 0.337 ms 0.270 ms 9.343 ms 3 core3-main2.colo8-oc12.sjc2.above.net (208.184.102.233) 0.329 ms 0.343 ms 0.303 ms 4 core5.sjc2-core3.sjc2.above.net (208.185.156.66) 0.442 ms 0.365 ms 0.339 ms 5 nyc-sjc-oc12.nyc.above.net (208.185.156.162) 218.541 ms 219.857 ms 222.87 2 ms 6 posip2-1.core1.newyork1.level3.net (209.244.160.181) 226.828 ms 228.338 ms 229.893 ms 7 so-5-0-0.mp1.NewYork1.level3.net (209.247.10.33) 231.256 ms 241.142 ms 24 3.215 ms 8 209.247.11.14 (209.247.11.14) 235.393 ms 240.561 ms 242.571 ms 9 gigaethernet6-0.ipcolo2.SanJose1.Level3.net (209.244.13.46) 236.717 ms 235 .297 ms 240.763 ms 10 * * * bash-2.03$ ping 63.209.16.70 PING 63.209.16.70 (63.209.16.70): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 63.209.16.70: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=177.913 ms 64 bytes from 63.209.16.70: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=173.035 ms 64 bytes from 63.209.16.70: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=171.987 ms 64 bytes from 63.209.16.70: icmp_seq=3 ttl=246 time=189.229 ms -j -- /--------------------------/ Jason Legate \------------------------\ | jlegate@sitesmith.com | SiteSmith, Inc. | | 24x7 Call Center | http://www.sitesmith.com | | 888.898.7667 | PGP Key ID - 0xA855AAC3 | +---------------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Fingerprint - 2D5F 87A0 26E6 A65B 6837 D100 FB54 A972 A855 AAC3 | \------------------------------------------------------------------/