Checked my ping to MA (don't know how to check it vs. CT) and the graph showed approx. 50-70ms or so with no variance. Pretty solid.
Same exact thing happened to me earlier in the day, and I made the same mistake. Zero was about 1k back, I was very fast and started a shallow climb..zero closed to D700 or so and whammo...no rudder. I bravely turned tail and fled. I asked him about it and he says he was closer to me on his FE (around 350-400) than I was to him on mine.