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Enjoy:

% traceroute www.unitedmedia.com
traceroute to unitedmedia.com (204.240.178.10), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 140.174.86.10 (140.174.86.10) 137.582 ms 125.193 ms 126.528 ms
2 gw-tlg (140.174.86.2) 130.345 ms 126.407 ms 158.074 ms
3 tlg-cust-link.tlg.net (140.174.199.2) 134.497 ms 126.107 ms 127.23 ms
4 ln3_gw1-sj-tlg_mv.tlg.net (140.174.101.5) 204.124 ms 255.635 ms 194.128 ms
5 mae-west.tlg.net (198.32.136.22) 183.47 ms 223.452 ms 206.021 ms
6 905.Hssi3-0.GW1.SCL1.ALTER.NET (137.39.133.89) 204.209 ms 266.514 ms 278.43 ms
7 Fddi6-0.SR1.SCL1.Alter.Net (137.39.19.36) 222.749 ms 330.877 ms 490.011 ms
8 Hssi2-0.BR1.NUQ1.Alter.Net (137.39.103.6) 380.718 ms 234.135 ms 436.153 ms
9 mae-west.psi.com (198.32.136.23) 473.437 ms 287.215 ms 305.98 ms
10 ne.sc.psi.net (38.1.3.1) 500.152 ms 367.262 ms 430.873 ms
11 rc8.northeast.us.psi.net (38.1.21.8) 370.318 ms 509.708 ms 386.508 ms
12 38.4.218.4 (38.4.218.4) 461.314 ms 443.618 ms rc8.northeast.us.psi.net (38.1.21.8) 507.873 ms
13 unitedmedia.com (204.240.178.10) 447.827 ms 335.4 ms *
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--vadim

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Vadim Antonov wrote:

Enjoy:

% traceroute www.unitedmedia.com
13 unitedmedia.com (204.240.178.10) 447.827 ms 335.4 ms *

That's a feature, not a bug.

(Is there a purpose to the Internet higher than serving up Dilbert
cartoons? I have not found it. Except maybe Quake.)