Typically I have a pretty good connect to AH thru AT&T Net, averaging around 180-220ms with no packet loss.
However over the past couple of weeks, occaisonally I will lose connect and can't even re-connect for about 10 mins.
Tonight I had just logged around 11:25 PM Eastern, and was checking the BBS, when I noticed the connect went dead. So I grabbed a traceroute, and it was pretty typical of when this happens.
Here it is. Note that the two routers showing 100% loss on the upstream are always like that, they don't respond to ping packets.
Host Name                                             IP Address        Hop    Ping Time   Ping Avg   % Loss    Pkts r/s   Ping best/worst
* Unknown Host *                                      199.70.92.168     1      102ms                  100%      0 / 16
1.pittsburgh-11-12rs.pa.dial-access.att.net           12.79.48.1        2      391ms       117ms      0%        16 / 16    89ms / 391ms
* Unknown Host *                                      199.70.127.33     3      113ms                  100%      0 / 14
gbr2-a31s5.n54ny.ip.att.net                           12.127.11.97      4      134ms       121ms      0%        14 / 14    107ms / 206ms
gbr4-p70.n54ny.ip.att.net                             12.122.1.177      5      121ms       122ms      0%        14 / 14    109ms / 235ms
gbr3-p60.n54ny.ip.att.net                             12.122.1.121      6      112ms       114ms      0%        14 / 14    107ms / 135ms
gbr1-p100.n54ny.ip.att.net                            12.122.1.150      7      110ms       119ms      0%        14 / 14    106ms / 228ms
gbr1-p40.wswdc.ip.att.net                             12.122.2.10       8      114ms       126ms      0%        14 / 14    114ms / 201ms
gr1-p340.wswdc.ip.att.net                             12.123.8.218      9      117ms       129ms      0%        14 / 14    114ms / 267ms
att-gw.dc.uu.net                                      192.205.32.26     10     157ms       146ms      0%        14 / 14    119ms / 230ms
101.ATM3-0.XR1.DCA1.ALTER.NET                         146.188.160.234   11     131ms       135ms      0%        14 / 14    117ms / 299ms
195.at-1-1-0.TR1.DCA6.ALTER.NET                       152.63.33.214     12     154ms       147ms      0%        14 / 14    136ms / 208ms
121.at-5-0-0.TR1.HOU7.ALTER.NET                       152.63.2.174      13     211ms       221ms      0%        14 / 14    208ms / 347ms
187.ATM6-0.XR1.DFW4.ALTER.NET                         152.63.99.9       14     198ms       203ms      0%        14 / 14    196ms / 249ms
195.ATM9-0-0.GW1.DFW1.ALTER.NET                       146.188.240.41    15     210ms       209ms      0%        14 / 14    202ms / 232ms
savvis-dfw-gw.customer.ALTER.NET                      157.130.128.54    16     222ms       210ms      50%       7 / 14     207ms / 222ms
* Unknown Host *                                      0.0.0.0           17     0ms 
www.hitechcreations.com  216.91.192.19     18     440ms       284ms      50%       7 / 14     214ms / 440ms
Note that it falls apart at savis-dfw and everything after that.
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Vermillion 
**MOL**, Men of Leisure, 
Dicta Verm: "Never give the suckers an even break!" or translated "Never engage without an advantage"
[This message has been edited by Vermillion (edited 02-05-2000).]
[This message has been edited by Vermillion (edited 02-05-2000).]