Woah folks. You have to interpret the data correctly. Upon the first sign of packet loss, all bets are off.
This occurs at colt. It would not matter who else follows in that trace.
Star, I know you hate Savvis, but you have been saying some things which are largely incorrect hereof late. Like the one about the routers in St. Louis.
I do not call 2) Juniper M80, and 2) Juniper M60 routers old tech or useless tech.
I am not defending Savvis, but I do not think passing incorrect information about is appropo either. With Savvis being the second largest ISP/backbone in the U.S., there is a very good chance most everyone will have a route through them. It is getting unavoidable.
Large ISP's are always in the problematic paths simply due to being so big. This weekend was Memorial weekend and the kids are all out of school. Problems with the Internet *always* happen this time of year. Always.