Having trouble with Du loading? What ISP are you using?

[cojoel]

16. I see a problem that gets worse with larger packets

For me, both ping without arguments and tracert work, at least a vast majority of the time. However, ping with larger packets fail more frequently:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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C:\Windows>ping -l 100 www.democraticunderground.com

Pinging www.democraticunderground.com [216.158.28.197] with 100 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.158.28.197: bytes=100 time=81ms TTL=57
Reply from 216.158.28.197: bytes=100 time=83ms TTL=57
Reply from 216.158.28.197: bytes=100 time=79ms TTL=57
Reply from 216.158.28.197: bytes=100 time=77ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 216.158.28.197:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 77ms, Maximum = 83ms, Average = 80ms

C:\Windows>ping -l 500 www.democraticunderground.com

Pinging www.democraticunderground.com [216.158.28.197] with 500 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.158.28.197: bytes=500 time=83ms TTL=57
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 216.158.28.197: bytes=500 time=82ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 216.158.28.197:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 82ms, Maximum = 83ms, Average = 82ms

C:\Windows>ping -l 1000 www.democraticunderground.com

Pinging www.democraticunderground.com [216.158.28.197] with 1000 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 216.158.28.197:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Windows>

I don't have a Linux system here so I can't run traceroute with a larger packet size to see where it fails.

My ISP is CenturyLink, which seems to be a common element among many of us with problems.