Ok, I just did a traceroute and think I've just scored the world record for a 56k modem connection. (for all the wrong reasons). Let's see someone beat this :)

04/10/01 22:57:23 Fast traceroute yahoo.com
Trace yahoo.com (216.115.108.243) ...
1 202.138.46.35 2482ms 2766ms 2530ms TTL: 0 (myd0108.myd.iprimus.net.au ok)
2 202.138.46.33 2371ms 2615ms 2612ms TTL: 0 (eth03.myd.iprimus.net.au ok)
3 202.138.46.1 2550ms 2611ms 2572ms TTL: 0 (No rDNS)
4 203.134.12.11 2394ms 2603ms 2834ms TTL: 0 (No rDNS)
5 139.130.65.13 2352ms 2547ms 2728ms TTL: 0 (serial5-1-1.cha11.brisbane.telstra.net ok)
6 139.130.247.2382619ms 2531ms 2807ms TTL: 0 (gigabitethernet3-0.cha-core3.brisbane.telstra.net ok)
7 203.50.45.2 2440ms 2528ms 2693ms TTL: 0 (gigabitethernet4-0.cha-core4.brisbane.telstra.net ok)
8 203.50.6.117 2530ms 2524ms 2618ms TTL: 0 (pos2-0.chw-core2.sydney.telstra.net bogus rDNS: host not found [authoritative])
9 203.50.6.18 2545ms 2662ms 2695ms TTL: 0 (pos4-0.exi-core1.melbourne.telstra.net bogus rDNS: host not found [authoritative])
10 203.50.6.162 2538ms 2700ms 2624ms TTL: 0 (pos5-0.way-core4.adelaide.telstra.net bogus rDNS: host not found [authoritative])
11 203.50.6.194 2532ms 2582ms 2883ms TTL: 0 (pos6-0.wel-core3.perth.telstra.net ok)
12 203.50.113.18 2712ms 2534ms 2753ms TTL: 0 (gigabitethernet4-0.wel-gw1.perth.telstra.net ok)
13 203.50.126.26 2830ms 2934ms 2881ms TTL: 0 (pos1-1.paix1.paloalto.telstra.net ok)
14 208.50.172.81 3075ms 2739ms 2960ms TTL: 0 (No rDNS)
15 208.48.118.125 2936ms 2807ms 2890ms TTL: 0 (so0-1-0-622m.cr2.pao2.gblx.net ok)
16 208.50.169.62 2923ms 2866ms 3119ms TTL: 0 (pos6-0-2488m.cr1.snv.gblx.net bogus rDNS: host not found [authoritative])
17 206.132.254.37 2946ms 2799ms 3024ms TTL: 0 (ge0-0-1000m.hr8.snv.gblx.net ok)
18 208.178.103.62 3128ms 2990ms 3102ms TTL: 0 (bas1r-ge3-0-hr8.snv.yahoo.com ok)
19 216.115.108.2433119ms 2949ms 2995ms TTL:237 (yahoo.com ok)

So....when did you get DSL?
That's a smokin' connection! :)

Very funny... :)

Might have been my ISP though. I disconnected and got back online and the speeds were thankfully back down to 100ms or so (and yeah 100ms is something to be thankful for with this provider).

Greg Moore

I'm on a 56k modem, and on the west coast....

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 153 ms 149 ms 146 ms evt-pm3-1.wolfe.net [207.178.60.44]
3 150 ms 149 ms 155 ms 207.178.60.1
4 148 ms 136 ms 134 ms wlf-sea0-gi6-0-0.wolfe.net [207.178.56.3]
5 143 ms 135 ms 135 ms pos4-0.cr2.SEA1.gblx.net [206.165.194.209]
6 152 ms 150 ms 151 ms pos6-0-2488M.cr1.SNV.gblx.net [208.50.169.62]
7 154 ms 151 ms 150 ms ge0-0-1000M.hr8.SNV.gblx.net [206.132.254.37]
8 164 ms 152 ms 152 ms bas1r-ge3-0-hr8.snv.yahoo.com [208.178.103.62]
9 167 ms 168 ms 160 ms http://www.yahoo.akadns.net [204.71.200.68]

Smoking !!!!!!!