Every now and then, FF.net goes into a state where whenever I try to load a page it sits on "Waiting for www.fanfiction.net..." for an extended period, then displays a completely blank page; View Source shows the same blankness, not even the usual differently-colored background. After a few minutes, it goes back to normal. This wasn't happening a few days ago, but it's happened at least three times in the last two days IIRC.
Not every site responds to pings, so that isn't necessarily conclusive. For me, traceroute stalls on a site which is apparently in Los Angeles (on the far side of the country from me), even right now when the site is up just fine.
Not every site responds to pings, so that isn't necessarily conclusive. For me, traceroute stalls on a site which is apparently in Los Angeles (on the far side of the country from me), even right now when the site is up just fine.