DNS & routing failure using Internet Solutions ADSL account???

[ic]

Posting this using my SAIX-ADSL account bcos I'm unable to get to the forum using my IS-ADSL account [local only].

Has anyone else experienced the same thing in the last 10 minutes or so?

 

[Necuno]

Posting this using my SAIX-ADSL account bcos I'm unable to get to the forum using my IS-ADSL account [local only].

Has anyone else experienced the same thing in the last 10 minutes or so?

i can confirm. same issue on my is local only

 

[ic]

i can confirm. same issue on my is local only

Sometimes when these things happen, I tend to think I'm going insane, but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one .

Not only does a DNS lookup fail for mybroadband.co.za and www.mybroadband.co.za, but I also did a traceroute:

 3  196-209-10-1-ndn-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za (196.209.10.1)  141 ms  20 ms  20 ms
 4  cdsl1-rba-vl2253.ip.isnet.net (196.38.73.181)  21 ms  21 ms  20 ms
 5  curp4-rba-gi2.isdsl.net (196.38.73.114)  21 ms  22 ms  20 ms
 6  cdsl1-rba-gi4-0-4-50.ip.isnet.net (196.38.73.109)  240 ms (TOS=48!)  20 ms  19 ms
 7  cdsl2-rba-gi0-1.ip.isnet.net (196.36.80.162)  20 ms  22 ms  19 ms
 8  196.36.80.165 (196.36.80.165)  20 ms (TOS=40!)  96 ms  19 ms
 9  core2a-ny-gi1-0-3-256.ip.isnet.net (168.209.0.242)  699 ms  718 ms  716 ms
10  core1b-ny-gi1-2-8.ip.isnet.net (168.209.245.1)  743 ms  766 ms  770 ms
[B]11  gi1-6.ccr01.jfk06.atlas.cogentco.com ([COLOR="Red"]38.104.66.89[/COLOR])  819 ms  717 ms  922 ms[/B]
12  te2-3.mpd01.jfk01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.24.221)  717 ms (TOS=0!) te2-1.mpd01.jfk01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.24.217)  922 ms te2-3.mpd01.jfk01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.24.221)  717 ms
13  te9-4.mpd03.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.1.209)  816 ms te4-2.ccr04.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.24.150)  819 ms te4-3.mpd03.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.24.146)  819 ms
14  * * vl3492.mpd01.jfk05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.14)  660 ms
15  gi0-0-0.core01.jfk05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.24.34)  740 ms gi13-0-0.core01.jfk05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.1.154)  771 ms gi0-0-0.core01.jfk05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.24.34)  727 ms
16  uunet.jfk05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.12.182)  705 ms  652 ms  679 ms
17  0.ge-5-1-0.XL3.NYC4.ALTER.NET (152.63.3.125)  716 ms  630 ms  701 ms
18  0.so-4-0-3.XT1.DCA6.ALTER.NET (152.63.1.117)  717 ms  692 ms  717 ms
19  POS6-0.IH1.DCA6.ALTER.NET (152.63.35.113)  717 ms  716 ms  717 ms
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It appears as if routing on a local-only IS-ADSL account, to get to the forum is going international...

I suspect there must be a peering link failure between Internet Solutions and Verizon Business SA - probably some stolen cable.