Eircom pings screwed yet again

Gonzo

since the eircom upgrade at the weekend ive had nothing but a rollercoaster connection varying from brilliant to dialup. mostly tho the pings are being effected rather than the download speeds but right now both are effected. Is this just me or is anyone else on eircom getting a dodgy connection? The only time my connection is perfect is from about 11.30pm till 11am

ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=632ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=579ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=510ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=545ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 510ms, Maximum = 632ms, Average = 566ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>ping www.uk2.net

Pinging uk2.net [83.170.69.3] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 83.170.69.3: bytes=32 time=659ms TTL=59
Reply from 83.170.69.3: bytes=32 time=586ms TTL=59
Reply from 83.170.69.3: bytes=32 time=624ms TTL=59
Reply from 83.170.69.3: bytes=32 time=638ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 83.170.69.3:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 586ms, Maximum = 659ms, Average = 626ms

Clover

just tried the 2 sites myself and boards, boards is ok but i'm also getting high pings to the uk sites.

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C:\Documents and Settings\Matt.MATTY>ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=495ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=505ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=522ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=515ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 495ms, Maximum = 522ms, Average = 509ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Matt.MATTY>ping www.uk2.net

Pinging uk2.net [83.170.69.3] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 83.170.69.3: bytes=32 time=524ms TTL=59
Reply from 83.170.69.3: bytes=32 time=520ms TTL=59
Reply from 83.170.69.3: bytes=32 time=521ms TTL=59
Reply from 83.170.69.3: bytes=32 time=525ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 83.170.69.3:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 520ms, Maximum = 525ms, Average = 522ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Matt.MATTY>ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.136.250] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 82.195.136.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 15ms, Maximum = 22ms, Average = 17ms

Pimp Ninja

Same here

See also http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054879865 (related)

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert 80.239.181.90

Tracing route to 80.239.181.90 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  192.168.1.254
  2    18 ms    14 ms    14 ms  b-ras1.srl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.155.27]
  3    11 ms    12 ms    13 ms  83.71.112.161
  4   621 ms   614 ms   614 ms  83.71.112.94
  5   619 ms   614 ms   614 ms  ldn-b1-geth11-0-16.telia.net [213.248.75.133]
  6   606 ms   614 ms   605 ms  ldn-bb1-pos1-1-0.telia.net [213.248.64.97]



C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert 195.22.129.12

Tracing route to 195.22.129.12 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  192.168.1.254
  2    17 ms    13 ms    19 ms  b-ras1.srl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.155.27]
  3    13 ms    12 ms    12 ms  83.71.112.161
  4   599 ms   598 ms   596 ms  ge1-0.corea.thn.london.eircom.net [159.134.191.13]
  5   591 ms   589 ms   590 ms  fe-3-4-cr2.sov.as9153.net [195.66.224.71]


C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert 80.239.179.80

Tracing route to host-80.wow-europe.com [80.239.179.80]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms     2 ms     2 ms  192.168.1.254
  2    14 ms    21 ms    16 ms  b-ras1.srl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.155.27]
  3    17 ms    13 ms    13 ms  83.71.112.161
  4   610 ms   610 ms   592 ms  83.71.112.94
  5   599 ms   617 ms   654 ms  ldn-b1-geth11-0-16.telia.net [213.248.75.133]
  6   611 ms   610 ms   607 ms  ldn-bb1-pos1-1-0.telia.net [213.248.64.97]

Problem seems to be Eircoms UK link

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 159.134.191.13

Pinging 159.134.191.13 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 159.134.191.13: bytes=32 time=495ms TTL=250
Reply from 159.134.191.13: bytes=32 time=501ms TTL=250
Reply from 159.134.191.13: bytes=32 time=506ms TTL=250
Reply from 159.134.191.13: bytes=32 time=537ms TTL=250

Ping statistics for 159.134.191.13:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 495ms, Maximum = 537ms, Average = 509ms

Call them .. report it..
I did was told that they havnt heard anything of any problems

Pack3t3rroR

Aye, suffering from the same problems, extremely high pings 600 - 2000ms. WTF are they at now, and why do companies deny that they are having problems...

Pimp Ninja

Pack3t3rroR wrote:

Aye, suffering from the same problems, extremely high pings 600 - 2000ms. WTF are they at now, and why do companies deny that they are having problems...

Could be nobodys reporting it.. they are open till 10. Call them and report it
not like its going to hurt you.

Dr Bolouswki

total disaster here aswell - sam eproblem last week.... I rtang then and it was like "you have a virus" idiots....

Hellrazer

Best answer yet from the muppets in Eircom----

""Its a problem with the UK-- all their incoming servers from abroad must be down"""

Thats a direct quote!!!

Gonzo

im gonna ring them tomorrow.. apart from awfull pings im getting nowhere near my 2.65mbs, most of the time im lucky to get 1.5mbs.. only at night i get my full 2.65mbs/316k and 18ms pings and thats not much use to me then as im asleep.

Hellrazer

No ring them now---They are unaware of any routing problem and apparently "a ping of 749 to a multiplay server is quite ok."

Muppets

Colly

Hellrazer wrote:

No ring them now---They are unaware of any routing problem and apparently "a ping of 749 to a multiplay server is quite ok."

Muppets

Calling them now, on hold for 10mins, got through, they werent aware of the issue but he heard one of his colleagues talking about it. I told him my ping times and that the quality of service as per irishisptest was 99% on Monday and is now 23% average ping to 123.ie is 1024ms, he said he would escalate the issue as I told him lots of other people are reporting it on boards.ie around Dublin.

Hopefully this will bring the attention required to the slow ping times issue that was evident since the upgrade.

apeking

Same crap here, i hate eircom, just want to play some cs:source

Pacifico

Nice one Colly, i was on hold for 20 minutes, eventually gave up!

Downloads/web browsing is really slow now also, downloading iTunes at 20 kb/s...

Colly

Pacifico wrote:

Nice one Colly, i was on hold for 20 minutes, eventually gave up!

Downloads/web browsing is really slow now also, downloading iTunes at 20 kb/s...

No worries

He is going to call me on my mobile personally once the time is reasonable of course with an update as to what they are going to do. Will update this as soon as he does once I am still online.

Colly

Guys they are going to dismiss this if it returns to normal and unless everyone at least tries to log the incident. They might properly investigate it if it is a multiple user incident. And if only a few log it they will label us as "ah sure they probably didnt even reset there modem heads"

Hellrazer

Just got an update there from a supervisor.I was sick and tired of being told the usual crap ie reset your modem,you must have spyware,problem with the cabling in your house so I asked for a supervisor to ring me back.

Apparently there has been a cut in the fibre in the Naas area and the increase in latencies is due to the net traffic rerouting to a different server/router.
Estimated time of repair is Wednesday afternoon at the earliest.

So no BF2 for me tonight.

Pacifico

Hellrazer wrote:

Just got an update there from a supervisor was sick and tired of being told the usual crap ie reset your modem,you must have spyware,problem with the cabling in your house.

Apparently there has been a cut in the fibre in the Naas area and the increase in latencies is due to the net traffic rerouting to a different server/router.
Estimated time of repair is Wednesday afternoon at the earliest.

So no BF2 for me tonight.

Ah crap

Thanks for the update though

ghostdancer

i assume that would affect all users who go through naas so? i'm on digiweb about 12 miles north of naas, and getting the same as everyone else, and i know of a few other people in my surrounding area have the same, on both eircom, and bt. would it be possible that our connections are also being affected by this does anyone know?

Pacifico

Eh well i'm in Limerick and its affecting me!

g5hn710m4xpdwy

im on eircom 2mb same problemo as you guys my friend tho living about 100 yards away on 3mb easat bt broardband is perfect!

Alvis

Thanks for the update.

*sigh*

This is really annoying me :mad:

Hellrazer

Ive a feeling that theres a bit of "spoofing" going on.

In my opinion that server/router that is giving the problem is the server for the whole country that routes traffic out of Ireland.

Irish based websites are working fine for most people but any server that is outside the country or has to be routed out side the country(ie through that problem server--83.71.112.94) is giving the problem.

Try a traceroute to boards and then to say yahoo.co.uk and you`ll see what I mean.
Boards for me pings at 12-17ms but as soon as anything has to be routed through that problem server the pings start hitting 600+.

To test the problem ping that server.Im getting pings of 650 to that at the minute.

ghostdancer

well i just ran a ping test to baords.ie, avg = 211ms !

tracert:



the line was fine in the afternoon on saturday, sunday and monday, it's only in the evenings it slows down, presumably due to all the residential customers logging on then...


friend of mine is on esatbt in naas on a 2mb line and he was getting 174kbps on irishisptest, he actually hadn't even noticed any difference in speed until i said it....

Gonzo

everythings bad for me both irish and international, the net is crawling at dialup speed to everywhere

ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.136.250] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=467ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=472ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=547ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=562ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 82.195.136.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 467ms, Maximum = 562ms, Average = 512ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>ping www.unreal.ie

Pinging unreal.ie [193.120.123.142] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 193.120.123.142: bytes=32 time=492ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.120.123.142: bytes=32 time=467ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.120.123.142: bytes=32 time=520ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.120.123.142: bytes=32 time=515ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 193.120.123.142:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 467ms, Maximum = 520ms, Average = 498ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=1134ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=1107ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=1107ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=1125ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1107ms, Maximum = 1134ms, Average = 1118ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>ping www.eircom.net

Pinging home.eircom.net [159.134.198.138] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=342ms TTL=60
Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=384ms TTL=60
Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=416ms TTL=60
Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=335ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 159.134.198.138:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 335ms, Maximum = 416ms, Average = 369ms

Dingatron

Yep boards.ie is ok for me but the uk is bad and this on the Drogheda exchange:

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.136.250] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 82.195.136.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 18ms, Maximum = 20ms, Average = 18ms

C:\Documents and Settings\PD>ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=630ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=638ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=651ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=655ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 630ms, Maximum = 655ms, Average = 643ms

Tracing route to jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
2 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
3 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms b-ras1.srl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.155.27]
4 13 ms 14 ms 14 ms 83.71.112.161
5 601 ms 602 ms 592 ms 83.71.112.94
6 599 ms 602 ms 594 ms lon1-10.nildram.net [195.66.226.59]
7 599 ms 642 ms 612 ms 84.12.225.130
8 618 ms 622 ms 617 ms jolt-gw.nildram.net [195.149.20.214]
9 626 ms 630 ms 627 ms 82.133.85.65


Upload speeds are higher than downloads speeds.

Alvis

Pinging boards.ie [82.195.136.250] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 82.195.136.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 15ms, Maximum = 17ms, Average = 15ms

=================================================

Pinging jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=597ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=597ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=611ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=599ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 597ms, Maximum = 611ms, Average = 601ms

=================================================

It seems to get one or two ms faster every time I try it

Colly

Did a tracert to 123.ie and it is getting to 83.71.112.94 which according to http://www.arin.net/whois/ is a holand server, sounds like there is a major artery getting out of Ireland damaged.

tracert 123.ie

Tracing route to 123.ie [217.114.173.152]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1792 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 16 ms 17 ms 13 ms b-ras1.srl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.155.27]
3 13 ms 12 ms 15 ms 83.71.112.161
4 518 ms 514 ms 517 ms 83.71.112.94
5 527 ms 527 ms 527 ms ge-3-1-0-zcr2.lnt.cw.net [195.66.226.182]
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 554 ms 557 ms 560 ms so-0-0-0-ycr2.dub.cw.net [166.63.209.198]
9 550 ms 557 ms 550 ms ae0-ycr1.dub.cw.net [208.175.245.5]
10 549 ms 553 ms 549 ms rsvd-data-electronics-78.2.221.62.in-addr.arpa [
62.221.2.78]
11 551 ms 560 ms 562 ms 217.114.160.11
12 571 ms 569 ms 575 ms linuxbox.123.ie [217.114.173.152]

Trace complete.

BENJIspendlove

mine is mainly wow

most of uk i ping the nice 20-25 or so but to dutch servers i have 500-1000

and i ping 1000 in wow :<<

WellyJ

WOW is virtually unplayable with this crap

Pings between 600-1900 just isnt acceptable

Before the "upgrade" i always got a steady 25-60ms

I just hope this "Cut fibre" story isnt lame excuse that the eircom tech just made up.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Cecco

Same problem here in Cabra, I'm on the business plus package. Pings are terrible and download speeds lower than uploads.:eek:

jonski

It is better if ye post tracerts rather than just pings . Also , and someone that understands all this techie stuff might be able to help me out here , i believe that this is one of the "box's" that the eircom routes through while passing through London ( no idea what that means ) but if you try some diffferent servers in England you will see that some are fine and others are crapola .

I don't understand ( loads ) why some are fine again on the 5th hop and some aren't .


C:\>tracert 213.230.201.133

Tracing route to 213.230.201.133 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms b-ras1.lmk.limerick.eircom.net [159.134.155.24]

3 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms ge15-2.corea.lmk.limerick.eircom.net [83.71.114.
97]
4 410 ms 407 ms 413 ms 83.71.112.94
5 27 ms 25 ms 27 ms ge9-0.mpr2.lhr1.uk.above.net [195.66.226.76]
6 27 ms 28 ms 27 ms abovenet.fa1-0.rt0.thdo.catalyst2.net [213.152.2
32.155]
7 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms gi0-1.rt1.thdo.catalyst2.net [84.18.192.1]
8 27 ms 26 ms 27 ms 213.230.201.133

Trace complete.

C:\>tracert 213.230.201.133

Tracing route to 213.230.201.133 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 11 ms 11 ms 10 ms b-ras1.lmk.limerick.eircom.net [159.134.155.24]

3 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms ge15-2.corea.lmk.limerick.eircom.net [83.71.114.
97]
4 395 ms 393 ms 402 ms 83.71.112.94
5 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms ge9-0.mpr2.lhr1.uk.above.net [195.66.226.76]
6 27 ms 26 ms 26 ms abovenet.fa1-0.rt0.thdo.catalyst2.net [213.152.2
32.155]
7 26 ms 27 ms 26 ms gi0-1.rt1.thdo.catalyst2.net [84.18.192.1]
8 27 ms 28 ms 28 ms 213.230.201.133

Trace complete.

C:\>tracert 213.253.57.21

Tracing route to xion.nbkservers.com [213.253.57.21]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 11 ms 12 ms 10 ms b-ras1.lmk.limerick.eircom.net [159.134.155.24]

3 11 ms 10 ms 9 ms ge15-2.corea.lmk.limerick.eircom.net [83.71.114.
97]
4 396 ms 384 ms 382 ms 83.71.112.94
5 27 ms 26 ms 27 ms t6-br1-ge-1-2.router.uk.clara.net [195.66.226.66
]
6 27 ms 26 ms 28 ms t6-cr1-ge-6-0.router.uk.clara.net [195.8.86.205]

7 27 ms 27 ms 28 ms gs-cr2-ge-2-2.router.uk.clara.net [195.8.68.253]

8 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms gs-ar2-gw-7-1.switch.uk.clara.net [195.8.86.42]

9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * ^C
C:\>tracert 195.20.108.63

Tracing route to server108-63.4u-servers.co.uk [195.20.108.63]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms b-ras1.lmk.limerick.eircom.net [159.134.155.24]

3 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms ge15-2.corea.lmk.limerick.eircom.net [83.71.114.
97]
4 358 ms 354 ms 358 ms 83.71.112.94
5 355 ms 360 ms 356 ms gig-gw2-UK.cableinet.net [195.66.226.34]
6 356 ms 360 ms 349 ms tele2-usgw.telewest.net [194.117.136.197]
7 354 ms 347 ms 350 ms telewest.transit.as25369.net [194.117.147.66]
8 340 ms 345 ms 344 ms 217.146.81.254
9 344 ms 344 ms 348 ms server108-63.4u-servers.co.uk [195.20.108.63]

Trace complete.

C:\>

flamegrill

Colly wrote:

Did a tracert to 123.ie and it is getting to 83.71.112.94 which according to http://www.arin.net/whois/ is a holand server, sounds like there is a major artery getting out of Ireland damaged.

tracert 123.ie

Tracing route to 123.ie [217.114.173.152]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1792 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 16 ms 17 ms 13 ms b-ras1.srl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.155.27]
3 13 ms 12 ms 15 ms 83.71.112.161
4 518 ms 514 ms 517 ms 83.71.112.94
5 527 ms 527 ms 527 ms ge-3-1-0-zcr2.lnt.cw.net [195.66.226.182]
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 554 ms 557 ms 560 ms so-0-0-0-ycr2.dub.cw.net [166.63.209.198]
9 550 ms 557 ms 550 ms ae0-ycr1.dub.cw.net [208.175.245.5]
10 549 ms 553 ms 549 ms rsvd-data-electronics-78.2.221.62.in-addr.arpa [
62.221.2.78]
11 551 ms 560 ms 562 ms 217.114.160.11
12 571 ms 569 ms 575 ms linuxbox.123.ie [217.114.173.152]

Trace complete.

That server isn't in Holland its in Dublin. I know because we host it. The route from our AS goes via c&w in london and from there back to eircom. It appears that eircom lost a sizeable connection on this side of the Irish sea which was directly connected to london.

Nasty stuff, but its better that its slower than you not having any connection at all

I'm sure they will get it sorted asap.

Paul