MAE-east weirdness

Hey folks.

I'm working with my friends at National Public Radio. They're having
network problems, and I'm not sure the correct people at UUNet to report
this anomaly to. The answer NPR got from UUNet was: MFS trouble in
Dallas. Does that make sense?

any suggestions?

thanks in advance. sorry for the interruption.

# /usr/local/bin/traceroute npr.org
traceroute to npr.org (199.0.132.69), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 router.butterfly.net (199.73.40.1) 7 ms 5 ms 3 ms
2 s0.router.clark.net (199.73.41.254) 12 ms 15 ms 12 ms
3 sl-dc-1-S19-T1.sprintlink.net (144.228.4.1) 19 ms 29 ms 17 ms
4 sl-dc-8-F0/0.sprintlink.net (144.228.20.8) 21 ms 19 ms 17 ms
5 sl-mae-e-H2/0-T3.sprintlink.net (144.228.10.42) 26 ms 18 ms 19 ms
6 Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (192.41.177.249) 26 ms 297 ms *
7 sl-mae-e-F0/0.sprintlink.net (192.41.177.241) 22 ms 31 ms 44 ms
8 Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (192.41.177.249) 62 ms 87 ms *
9 sl-mae-e-F0/0.sprintlink.net (192.41.177.241) 37 ms 36 ms 28 ms
10 Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (192.41.177.249) 63 ms 83 ms 77 ms
11 sl-mae-e-F0/0.sprintlink.net (192.41.177.241) 21 ms 32 ms 27 ms
12 Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (192.41.177.249) 40 ms 50 ms 68 ms
13 sl-mae-e-F0/0.sprintlink.net (192.41.177.241) 33 ms 19 ms 31

--Dave
http://iron.butterfly.net/motodave

Under water etc. We had a customer who was out due to the smart jack
being a bit wet ! There are alot of problems in the Dallas area.

Joseph Stroup