Code:
>tracert bbc.co.uk
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 16 ms 25 ms 14 ms 10.251.xx.x
3 14 ms 10 ms 11 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4 10 ms 12 ms 13 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5 15 ms 38 ms 22 ms lee-bb-a-so-120-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.17]
6 43 ms 19 ms 48 ms pop-bb-b-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.238]
7 22 ms 22 ms 30 ms tele-ic-2-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.184.6]
8 27 ms 18 ms 23 ms ntl-ge2-8.prt0.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.217]
9 42 ms 19 ms 26 ms 212.58.238.153
10 16 ms 26 ms 17 ms rdirwww-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131]
Trace complete.
It is a feature that has been present on a NTL/VM connection for many years, so I suspect it to be an engineering feature rather than something which is linked to the current stories. Could be that the modems are not giving very high priority to pinging back (especially to the LAN) as it's a bit pointless.
Plenty of VM Techs on here who should be able to give you definitive answer though should the question be posed.
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And the PR offensive increases, to a climax possibly?
http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/articl...-PR-fightback/
http://understrictembargo.wordpress....-of-pr-crisis/