[PJBankard]

The pings due vary. Below is my trace route:


C:\Users\Owner>tracert www.freerepublic.com

Tracing route to www.freerepublic.com [209.157.64.201] over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]
2 8 ms 8 ms 9 ms L100.WASHDC-VFTTP-87.verizon-gni.net [173.66.42. 1]
3 12 ms 9 ms 9 ms G0-8-4-4.WASHDC-LCR-22.verizon-gni.net [130.81.1 82.240]
4 9 ms 12 ms 7 ms so-14-0-0-0.RES-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81. 22.56]
5 10 ms 6 ms 11 ms 0.ae2.BR2.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.34.73]
6 56 ms 57 ms 64 ms ae-20.r04.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.8. 33]
7 103 ms 59 ms 87 ms ae-9.r21.asbnva02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.2 06]
8 83 ms 86 ms 84 ms ae-4.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.1 03]
9 86 ms 86 ms 83 ms ae-1.r07.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.5.5 3]
10 88 ms 86 ms 86 ms xe-0-2-0.r20.mlpsca01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250 .4.38]
11 114 ms 111 ms 89 ms xe-7-1.r02.mlpsca01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3 .5]
12 87 ms 86 ms 86 ms mg-2.a00.mlpsca01.us.da.verio.net [129.250.25.19 4]
13 84 ms 82 ms 88 ms mg-1.a01.mlpsca01.us.da.verio.net [129.250.24.19 5]
14 95 ms 85 ms 89 ms 128.242.105.82
15 190 ms 201 ms 83 ms 209.157.64.201

Trace complete.

[tomkat]

I'm getting that same big drag in southern Cal too:  xe-6-4.r03.mlpsca01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

The last few times I clicked a FR link I received “Bad Request. “(Followed by a “server doesn’t understand”) It was only on this site.
A hiccup on my end or on FR’s end?