Why? Because ICANN

I think it's experiencing the /. effect.

[nanog@Overkill nanog]$ traceroute www.paradigm.nu
1 CORE-0-GE-3-1000M.CMH.ENTERZONE.NET (66.35.65.1) 2.847 ms 0.818 ms 0.887 ms
2 core1-FE1.Columbus.fnsi.net (209.115.93.129) [6259] 2.110 ms 1.774 ms 1.902 ms
3 border1-atm1-1-0-2.Chicago.fnsi.net (216.29.101.46) [6259] 40.817 ms 24.073 ms 12.248 ms
4 aads.cw.net (206.220.243.12) 21.258 ms 14.528 ms 13.564 ms
5 corerouter1.WillowSprings.cw.net (204.70.9.135) [3561] 14.598 ms 14.494 ms 16.626 ms
6 acr1-loopback.Chicagochd.cw.net (208.172.2.61) [3561] 14.461 ms 13.466 ms 14.597 ms
7 acr2-loopback.NewYorknyr.cw.net (206.24.194.62) [3561] 30.372 ms 30.098 ms 30.307 ms
8 savvis.NewYorknyr.cw.net (206.24.193.146) [3561] 26.389 ms 28.131 ms 31.131 ms
9 connectcom-1.usphla.savvis.net (64.241.148.62) [6347] 389.497 ms * 460.616 ms
10 sdweaver.com (64.242.242.56) [6347] 421.626 ms 390.159 ms *

Note below that the DNS servers listed as authoritative weren't even
serving up the zone previously.

>Funny, it doesn't work.
>
>
>Domain: paradigm.nu
>ID: 35184
>Status: Active
>Created: 04-Mar-1999
>Modified: 14-Jan-2001
>Expires: 04-Mar-2004
>
>Name servers:
> DNS.CCWEBHOST.COM 209.207.168.30
> DNS2.CCWEBHOST.COM 208.155.67.49
>
>
>
> >www.paradigm.nu
>Server: dns2.ccwebhost.com
>Address: 64.242.243.2
>
>*** dns2.ccwebhost.com can't find www.paradigm.nu: Non-existent host/domain
> > server 209.207.168.30
>Default Server: [209.207.168.30]
>Address: 209.207.168.30
>
> > www.paradigm.nu
>Server: [209.207.168.30]
>Address: 209.207.168.30
>
>*** [209.207.168.30] can't find www.paradigm.nu: No response from server
>
>

I did finally get through and it is definately worth the wait.

You might even say they've been "NANOGed".

Joe McLeod
Group Engineer, Advanced Services
Charter Communications