> b.t.w. it seems that the main www.netbsd.org site is unreachable... I 
> get as far as
> r8-pao1.r3.sfo2.isc.org (192.5.4.233)  157.196 ms  157.099 ms  157.125 
> ms
> where it stops.
>
> with kind regards,
>
> Theo Borm

hi,

(...)
  5  ge-0.decix.frnkge03.de.bb.verio.net (80.81.192.46)  20.887 ms  
23.111 ms  23.688 ms
  6  ge-0-1-0.r01.frnkge02.de.bb.verio.net (129.250.5.38)  23.603 ms  
24.669 ms  23.817 ms
  7  p4-1-1-0.r21.amstnl02.nl.bb.verio.net (129.250.2.85)  38.594 ms  
37.457 ms  38.845 ms
  8  p16-1-0-0.r80.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.5.87)  119.553 ms  
118.844 ms  119.668 ms
  9  p16-1-2-0.r21.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.2.44)  119.624 ms  
118.748 ms  119.823 ms
10  p16-0-1-2.r20.plalca01.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.2.192)  179.362 ms  
178.455 ms  179.703 ms
11  ge-1-1.a01.snfcca05.us.ra.verio.net (129.250.28.89)  179.553 ms  
181.435 ms  179.651 ms
12  fa-5-2.a01.snfcca05.us.ce.verio.net (140.174.28.46)  185.573 ms  
188.000 ms  185.741 ms
13  * * *

seems that verio.net has trouble, look at their latencies (okay, that's 
surely no broadcast storm ;) -- perhaps extraordinary worm spreading or 
sth like this.

hm.

regards,

timo