High packet loss from Highwinds towards github.com. It seems the issue is rooted within Comcast. Time is 16:16:44.371 Wed Oct 22 2014 GMT-0 ping -t 192.30.252.129 Pinging 192.30.252.129 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=474ms TTL=44 Request timed out. Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=480ms TTL=44 Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=483ms TTL=44 Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=488ms TTL=44 Request timed out. Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=485ms TTL=44 Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=485ms TTL=44 Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=481ms TTL=44 Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=484ms TTL=44 Reply from 192.30.252.129: bytes=32 time=478ms TTL=44 Ping statistics for 192.30.252.129: Packets: Sent = 11, Received = 9, Lost = 2 (18% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 474ms, Maximum = 488ms, Average = 482ms Control-C #traceroute 192.30.252.129 Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to 192.30.252.129 1 200.147.29.137 [AS 7162] 0 msec 0 msec 0 msec 2 200.147.29.146 [AS 7162] 0 msec 0 msec 0 msec 3 * * * 4 173.167.57.1 [AS 7922] 120 msec 120 msec 120 msec 5 68.86.82.249 [AS 7922] 120 msec 124 msec 68.86.82.253 [AS 7922] 124 msec 6 * * * 7 * * * 8 68.86.83.86 [AS 7922] 472 msec 472 msec 472 msec 9 * * * 10 * * * Everton