Google Public DNS just stopped working for me (and many others locally). xxx@xxx:~# dig google.com @8.8.8.8 ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> google.com @8.8.8.8 ;; global options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached xxx@xxx:~# Traces from few locations. True ADSL (Thailand) xxx@xxx:~# mtr --report 8.8.8.8 HOST: xxx Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1.|-- 192.168.1.1 0.0% 10 30.5 17.4 0.8 57.5 22.5 2.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.|-- 10.169.212.9 0.0% 10 23.3 24.0 23.3 25.0 0.6 4.|-- 10.100.50.67 0.0% 10 24.0 24.3 23.7 25.1 0.5 5.|-- 58.97.121.81 0.0% 10 25.4 25.1 24.5 25.6 0.4 6.|-- 61.91.213.177 0.0% 10 24.6 25.0 24.6 25.6 0.3 7.|-- 61.91.213.36 0.0% 10 26.1 25.9 25.4 26.4 0.3 8.|-- 61.91.213.130 0.0% 10 25.5 26.0 25.1 27.3 0.6 9.|-- 113.21.242.53 0.0% 10 27.0 26.5 25.1 28.2 1.0 10.|-- 72.14.210.155 0.0% 10 49.1 52.2 48.1 80.4 9.9 11.|-- 209.85.242.244 0.0% 10 54.6 53.6 50.0 60.9 4.1 12.|-- 72.14.239.201 0.0% 10 85.6 85.7 80.2 100.8 6.5 13.|-- 209.85.250.11 0.0% 10 107.2 107.7 106.7 109.7 0.9 * 14.|-- 209.85.243.21 0.0% 10 109.6 110.4 109.5 111.3 0.6* 15.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xxx@xxx:~# Digital Ocean (Singapore) xxx@xxx:~# mtr --report 8.8.8.8 Start: Mon Oct 13 07:18:28 2014 HOST: xxx Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1.|-- a.b.c.d 0.0% 10 0.6 1.6 0.5 6.0 2.1 2.|-- 103.253.144.241 0.0% 10 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.0 3.|-- 103.16.102.64 0.0% 10 1.8 2.0 1.7 3.4 0.3 4.|-- 66.249.95.122 0.0% 10 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.3 0.0 5.|-- 209.85.241.149 0.0% 10 54.5 56.1 54.3 61.8 2.5 * 6.|-- 72.14.237.179 0.0% 10 58.0 58.1 57.9 59.2 0.0* 7.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xxx@xxx:~# EC2 (Singapore) xxx@xxx:~$ mtr --report 8.8.8.8 HOST: xxx Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1.|-- ip-10-a-b-2.ap-southea 0.0% 10 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.5 0.4 2.|-- ip-10-1-16-0.ap-southeast 0.0% 10 6.1 1.6 0.5 6.1 1.8 3.|-- 100.64.12.131 0.0% 10 17.8 3.8 1.0 17.8 5.7 4.|-- ec2-175-41-128-232.ap-sou 0.0% 10 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.1 5.|-- 203.83.223.230 0.0% 10 0.6 1.0 0.4 2.3 0.7 6.|-- 203.83.223.14 0.0% 10 1.5 1.6 1.4 2.4 0.3 7.|-- 203.83.223.57 0.0% 10 1.7 1.8 1.5 2.4 0.2 8.|-- 198.32.141.140 0.0% 10 1.5 1.7 1.4 3.2 0.5 9.|-- 66.249.95.122 0.0% 10 2.9 5.4 2.2 14.7 4.8 10.|-- 209.85.241.149 0.0% 10 54.2 57.7 54.0 76.5 7.6 11.|-- 209.85.243.23 0.0% 10 57.9 60.1 57.7 79.4 6.8 12.|-- 72.14.238.8 0.0% 10 58.9 59.3 58.8 62.5 1.1 * 13.|-- 72.14.237.179 0.0% 10 63.0 65.3 62.8 79.2 5.4* 14.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xxx@xxx:~$