It isn't likely to get you where you want to go.

[outlier_lynn]

This is a bit of a traceroute output trying to reach my server. Notice that starting with hop number 17 that our find friends at Pacific Bell are in an endless loop with themselves. And it's a slow loop! There must be a lot of customers suddenly without service. Sigh.

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15 bb2-p8-0.sndg02.sbcglobal.net (151.164.241.134) 64.476 ms 65.413 ms 66.068 ms
16 dist1-vlan40.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.4) 66.516 ms 67.179 ms 66.431 ms
17 rback12-fe2-0.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.143) 70.270 ms 70.901 ms 71.250 ms
18 dist1-vlan60.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.194) 70.931 ms 71.731 ms 72.600 ms
19 rback12-fe2-0.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.143) 73.327 ms 74.048 ms 74.770 ms
20 dist1-vlan60.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.194) 75.486 ms 76.012 ms 76.706 ms
21 rback12-fe2-0.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.143) 58.294 ms 67.297 ms 71.859 ms
22 dist1-vlan60.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.194) 72.630 ms 73.479 ms 74.058 ms
23 rback12-fe2-0.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.143) 74.874 ms 75.609 ms 76.587 ms
24 dist1-vlan60.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.194) 77.242 ms 76.268 ms 77.347 ms
25 rback12-fe2-0.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.143) 78.289 ms 78.894 ms 79.619 ms
26 dist1-vlan60.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.194) 80.492 ms 81.149 ms 83.755 ms
27 rback12-fe2-0.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.143) 50.115 ms 53.024 ms 53.710 ms
28 dist1-vlan60.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.194) 57.490 ms 58.104 ms 60.085 ms
29 rback12-fe2-0.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.143) 60.898 ms 61.161 ms 65.421 ms
30 dist1-vlan60.sndg02.pbi.net (63.200.206.194) 66.685 ms 69.594 ms 70.434 ms