Well, it's interesting to see what has local interconnects and what's in the US.

Trademe - UP
Geekzone - sort of up

[root@www root]# traceroute slashdot.org
traceroute to slashdot.org (216.34.181.45), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  pe14-bertha-loopback.paradise.net.nz (203.96.153.96)  19.207 ms  16.318 ms  12.296 ms
 2  ae0-840.ie4.telstraclear.net (203.167.223.114)  12.809 ms  16.959 ms  9.790 ms
 3  ge-1-2-0-843.ie1.telstraclear.net (218.101.61.105)  20.102 ms  20.374 ms  26.782 ms
 4  ge-0-2-0-1.xcore1.acld.telstraclear.net (203.98.50.251)  482.560 ms  499.637 ms *
 5  so.jb.wils.telstraclear.net (203.98.42.66)  625.971 ms  631.970 ms  627.307 ms
 6  157.130.245.21 (157.130.245.21)  611.638 ms  622.022 ms  619.249 ms
 7  0.so-2-0-0.XL1.LAX1.ALTER.NET (152.63.53.58)  655.368 ms  639.820 ms  628.388 ms
 8  * 0.so-7-2-1.XT1.LAX7.ALTER.NET (152.63.57.78)  657.633 ms  657.339 ms
 9  0.so-6-0-0.BR1.LAX7.ALTER.NET (152.63.112.41)  642.270 ms  639.997 ms  630.389 ms


So, anyone know what's going on?