forums.gentoo.org very slow to respond

[c_kuzmanic]

For the past two days, the forum has slowed down to a crawl when I try to access it.

$traceroute forums.gentoo.org

1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 0.387 ms 0.786 ms 0.208 ms
2 10.48.112.1 (10.48.112.1) 18.063 ms 7.312 ms 6.012 ms
3 SRP5-0-0.GRDNCA1-RTR2.socal.rr.com (24.24.208.67) 6.043 ms 7.131 ms 5.982 ms
4 pop2-las-P8-1.atdn.net (66.185.137.181) 8.312 ms 8.774 ms 7.909 ms
5 bb2-las-P1-0.atdn.net (66.185.137.162) 9.013 ms 29.367 ms 11.039 ms
6 bb2-sun-P5-0.atdn.net (66.185.152.23) 169.856 ms 185.356 ms 208.217 ms
7 bb2-sje-P0-2.atdn.net (66.185.152.254) 34.723 ms 17.852 ms 31.100 ms
8 pop1-sje-P6-0.atdn.net (66.185.138.99) 15.948 ms 22.653 ms 15.814 ms
9 pos8-0.cr7.sjc2.us.mfnx.net (209.249.119.117) 16.037 ms 17.024 ms 17.552 ms
10 so-6-2-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.mfnx.net (64.125.30.14) 16.874 ms 18.072 ms 19.952 ms
11 pos6-0.mpr2.pao1.us.mfnx.net (208.185.175.162) 20.041 ms 21.460 ms 19.919 ms
12 64.124.11.181.cogentco.com (64.124.11.181) 1063.959 ms 1064.180 ms 1089.887 ms
13 66.28.4.145 (66.28.4.145) 1125.743 ms 1096.592 ms 1088.400 ms
14 p14-0.core01.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.41) 2182.147 ms 2121.980 ms 2121.800 ms
15 p15-0.core02.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.62) 2153.346 ms 2082.642 ms 2170.606 ms
16 p6-0.core02.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.85) 2114.599 ms 2125.333 ms 2145.189 ms
17 p6-0.core01.jfk01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.28.4.122) 2137.587 ms 2169.463 ms 2171.179 ms
18 g7.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogentco.com (66.250.13.206) 2203.464 ms 2189.218 ms 2161.452 ms
19 Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com (38.112.1.42) 2138.181 ms 2131.396 ms 2124.153 ms
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Any ideas?

[rac]

Nitro has commented on experiencing similar latency problems getting to cogentco's backbone recently although I haven't experienced it personally.
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