MAE-east weirdness

[David Levine <motodave () butterfly net>]

Hey folks.

I'm working with my friends at National Public Radio. They're having 
network problems, and I'm not sure the correct people at UUNet to report 
this anomaly to. The answer NPR got from UUNet was: MFS trouble in 
Dallas. Does that make sense?

any suggestions?

thanks in advance. sorry for the interruption.

# /usr/local/bin/traceroute npr.org
traceroute to npr.org (199.0.132.69), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  router.butterfly.net (199.73.40.1)  7 ms  5 ms  3 ms
 2  s0.router.clark.net (199.73.41.254)  12 ms  15 ms  12 ms
 3  sl-dc-1-S19-T1.sprintlink.net (144.228.4.1)  19 ms  29 ms  17 ms
 4  sl-dc-8-F0/0.sprintlink.net (144.228.20.8)  21 ms  19 ms  17 ms
 5  sl-mae-e-H2/0-T3.sprintlink.net (144.228.10.42)  26 ms  18 ms  19 ms
 6  Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (192.41.177.249)  26 ms  297 ms *
 7  sl-mae-e-F0/0.sprintlink.net (192.41.177.241)  22 ms  31 ms  44 ms
 8  Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (192.41.177.249)  62 ms  87 ms *
 9  sl-mae-e-F0/0.sprintlink.net (192.41.177.241)  37 ms  36 ms  28 ms
10  Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (192.41.177.249)  63 ms  83 ms  77 ms
11  sl-mae-e-F0/0.sprintlink.net (192.41.177.241)  21 ms  32 ms  27 ms
12  Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (192.41.177.249)  40 ms  50 ms  68 ms
13  sl-mae-e-F0/0.sprintlink.net (192.41.177.241)  33 ms  19 ms  31

--Dave
http://iron.butterfly.net/motodave