Makes sense on the nlr vs layer3.
However, my initial issues between here and *.unidata.ucar.edu were using
internet2-peer.net.wisc.edu and the packet loss began between there and 
ae-0.10.rtr.kans.net.internet2.edu.
At any rate, I'm seeing much better speeds to all, with much less, 
though still non-zero packet loss.
Now -
                                                       My traceroute  
[v0.71]
sysadm (0.0.0.0) Fri Jan  4 15:40:38 2013
Keys:  Help   Display mode   Restart statistics   Order of fields   quit
Packets               Pings
 Host Loss%  Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
 1. r-cssc-b280c-1-core-vlan-510-primary.net.wisc.edu 0.0%   0.6   
3.9   0.3  98.8  11.6
 2. r-cssc-b280c-9-core-vlan-2034.net.wisc.edu 0.0%   0.3   0.7   0.3  
15.7   1.7
 3. r-peer-xe-2-0-0-1627.net.wisc.edu 0.0%   0.3  18.2   0.3 118.6  32.5
 4. internet2-peer.net.wisc.edu 0.0%  19.3  30.4   5.4 201.7  36.4
 5. ae-0.10.rtr.kans.net.internet2.edu 1.1%  16.4  47.2  16.4 248.1  46.4
 6. i2-frgp-kans.net.internet2.edu 0.0%  27.0  27.2  26.9  38.2   1.5
 7. tcom-gs-1-vl873.ucar.edu 0.0%  28.2  31.2  28.0 164.9  18.5
 8. mlra.ucar.edu 0.0%  51.1  34.5  28.1 185.6  27.3
 9. ml-mr-c6-gs_mlr-tgvrf-net.ucar.edu 0.0%  28.2  28.3  28.2  29.6   0.2
10. 128.117.222.210
vs earlier
                             My traceroute  [v0.71]
sysadm (0.0.0.0) Fri Jan  4 13:48:12 2013
Keys:  Help   Display mode   Restart statistics   Order of fields quit
Packets               Pings
 Host                                                     Loss% Last   
Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
 1. r-cssc-b280c-1-core-vlan-510-primary.net.wisc.edu      0.0% 2.1   
2.4   0.3  27.7   5.8
 2. r-cssc-b280c-9-core-vlan-2034.net.wisc.edu             0.0% 0.3   
0.4   0.3   0.7   0.1
 3. r-peer-xe-2-0-0-1627.net.wisc.edu                      0.0% 0.3   
0.4   0.3   1.0   0.1
 4. internet2-peer.net.wisc.edu                            0.0% 22.6  
15.4   5.3 133.5  24.6
 5. ae-0.10.rtr.kans.net.internet2.edu                     0.0% 19.9  
29.1  16.3 156.3  32.0
 6. i2-frgp-kans.net.internet2.edu                        17.1% 28.9  
29.8  28.9  56.8   4.8
 7. tcom-gs-1-vl873.ucar.edu                              24.4% 30.5  
30.2  29.9  35.2   0.9
 8. mlra.ucar.edu                                         27.5% 30.0  
30.4  30.0  39.8   1.8
 9. ml-mr-c6-gs_mlr-tgvrf-net.ucar.edu                    25.0% 30.1  
30.4  30.1  36.4   1.1
10. 128.117.222.210                                       30.0% 30.0  
30.0  29.9  30.3   0.1
On 01/04/2013 03:29 PM, Ryan Hickman wrote:
NLR.net NOC has scheduled maintenance ongoing.
Links:
http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=ZmFkZ2kxbGl0OWs5NXZrbW82YWxsbG5hYnMgY2VuaWMub3JnXzI0Ymh1ZHFndjdiNGhoaHNrczI2aWI0cnFnQGc&ctz=America/Los_Angeles
https://www.google.com/calendar/render?eid=NXQ1MzVsN3VxZmg0aHVvaGxnNHE1cjg0NjAgY2VuaWMub3JnX2NsdXA0YmZxOXRjcm5tNWg0Z3FvbnE5aG9jQGc&ctz=America/Los_Angeles&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml
Pete: Your request to colostate.edu <http://colostate.edu> request 
used NLR.net as a Peer, thus the poor performance. Your request to 
csu.edu <http://csu.edu> used Layer3 as a Peer, thus the 
better-than-expected performance.
Hope this clears things up.
-
Ryan Hickman
Chief Technology Officer
AllisonHouse LLC
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Pete Pokrandt - Systems Programmer
UW-Madison Dept of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
608-262-3086  - poker@xxxxxxxxxxxx