What happened to Cogent?

[David Coulson <david () davidcoulson net>]

About 20mins ago my connection to Cogent in Cleveland just went totally 
nuts. I can't even get to www.cogentco.com over their circuit:

                                                   
Packets               Pings
Host                                             Loss%   Snt   Last   
Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
1. v129.l3sw1.n2net.net                           0.0%     1    1.1   
1.1   1.1   1.1   0.0
2. v401.core1.n2net.net                           0.0%     1    0.4   
0.4   0.4   0.4   0.0
3. fa0-2.na01.b002352-3.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com  0.0%     1    1.5   
1.5   1.5   1.5   0.0
4. g1-0-3501.core01.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com      0.0%     1    1.6   
1.6   1.6   1.6   0.0
5. p6-0.core01.buf02.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1    5.5   
5.5   5.5   5.5   0.0
6. p6-0.core01.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1    6.1   
6.1   6.1   6.1   0.0
7. p6-0.core01.buf02.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1   10.5  
10.5  10.5  10.5   0.0
8. p6-0.core01.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1    9.9   
9.9   9.9   9.9   0.0
9. p6-0.core01.buf02.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1   14.7  
14.7  14.7  14.7   0.0
10. p6-0.core01.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1   14.7  
14.7  14.7  14.7   0.0
11. p6-0.core01.buf02.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1   19.1  
19.1  19.1  19.1   0.0