That is what I am experiencing for 2 days now.
Is it just me?
no.
traceoute to www1.ietf.org:
16 295.at-5-1-0.XR1.TCO1.ALTER.NET (152.63.33.166) 144.706 ms 143.151 ms
143.700 ms
17 193.ATM7-0.GW5.TCO1.ALTER.NET (152.63.39.85) 144.132 ms 149.251 ms
143.299 ms
18 cnrl-gw.customer.alter.net (157.130.44.142) 258.939 ms 304.623 ms
279.490 ms
19 ietf.org (132.151.1.19) 237.527 ms 298.336 ms 283.005 ms