slow here too..
here's my tracert....don't know what it means though
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\JR>tracert nloc.net
Tracing route to nloc.net [208.100.8.12]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms dslmodem.domain [192.168.1.1]
2 32 ms 31 ms 31 ms L100.DSL-06.STTLWA.verizon-gni.net [x.x.32.1]
3 32 ms 31 ms 32 ms P1-1.LCR-01.STTLWA.verizon-gni.net [130.81.34.11
6]
4 34 ms 32 ms 34 ms so-6-0-0-0.PEER-RTR1.SEA81.verizon-gni.net [130.
81.17.137]
5 32 ms 34 ms 33 ms 0.so-7-0-0.XT2.SEA1.ALTER.NET [152.63.104.49]
6 102 ms 100 ms 100 ms 0.so-5-0-0.XL2.CHI13.ALTER.NET [152.63.64.14]
7 99 ms 100 ms 101 ms POS7-0.GW1.CHI13.ALTER.NET [152.63.69.181]
8 180 ms 129 ms 102 ms wbsconnect-gw.customer.alter.net [65.207.236.126
]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
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13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.
Trace complete.