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Would you be so kind as to occasionally check and let us know if that suddenly changes?

[sten]

for those wishing to see the data, type the following into a windows command shell:

tracert freerepublic.com

the final ip address is: 209.157.64.200

to monitor the connectivity to that server, type:

ping -t 209.157.64.200

a sample from my pings:

Pinging 209.157.64.200 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.157.64.200: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=45
Reply from 209.157.64.200: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=45
Reply from 209.157.64.200: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=45
Reply from 209.157.64.200: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=45
Reply from 209.157.64.200: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=45

the time from my system to FR's server is hovering between 77 and 82 ms, fairly acceptable times from FL to CA