Been having problems with our hosting & email today - Hetner (any chance that these are in the same data centre?)
<<EDIT>> Seems like there is a problem with MOST traffic in and out of CT - found the following on Hetner website...
Current Notices
MTN business network latency (CPT) (Cape Town datacentres)
Status: Attending
Type: MTN business network latency (CPT)
Start Date: 2009-09-30 09:45:00
Resolved Date: TBA
Point of impact: Cape Town datacentres
Symptoms experienced: Packetloss and high latency to servers hosted in the CPT datacentres.
Cause of problem: MTN is investigating
Estimated time of repair: TBA
Additional information: The problem is as a result of a cable break near Cape Town and is affecting all traffic in and out of Cape Town. Telkom engineers are attending to the problem.
Attending: MTN Business and Telkom Engineers