edit.
thanks to the people that tested it, ok so that seems to be my problem then, here is a traceroute of the last steps before it stops responding:
11 * pos-1-4-0-0-cr01.mclean.va.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.86.29) 251.887 ms 252.502 ms
12 pos-1-11-0-0-cr01.atlanta.ga.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.241) 267.698 ms 268.398 ms 234.520 ms
13 pos-1-13-0-0-cr01.dallas.tx.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.253) 227.691 ms * 153.851 ms
14 pos-0-13-0-0-cr01.losangeles.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.145) 202.909 ms 204.094 ms 204.818 ms
15 * pos-0-14-0-0-cr01.sacramento.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.189) 215.876 ms 216.499 ms
16 pos-0-15-0-0-ar01.oakland.ca.sfba.comcast.net (68.86.90.138) 219.741 ms 220.384 ms *
17 po-30-ur02.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net (68.87.226.222) 222.161 ms 223.248 ms 222.742 ms
18 te-8-4-ur04.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net (68.87.226.85) 224.225 ms 224.801 ms 225.416 ms
up for me.
Good progress, guys!
jam@jam:~$ nslookup searchyc.com
Server: 192.168.1.254
Address: 192.168.1.254#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: searchyc.com
Address: 24.7.119.0
isn't a .0 a network address ?
edit.
thanks to the people that tested it, ok so that seems to be my problem then, here is a traceroute of the last steps before it stops responding:
11 * pos-1-4-0-0-cr01.mclean.va.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.86.29) 251.887 ms 252.502 ms
12 pos-1-11-0-0-cr01.atlanta.ga.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.241) 267.698 ms 268.398 ms 234.520 ms
13 pos-1-13-0-0-cr01.dallas.tx.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.253) 227.691 ms * 153.851 ms
14 pos-0-13-0-0-cr01.losangeles.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.145) 202.909 ms 204.094 ms 204.818 ms
15 * pos-0-14-0-0-cr01.sacramento.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.85.189) 215.876 ms 216.499 ms
16 pos-0-15-0-0-ar01.oakland.ca.sfba.comcast.net (68.86.90.138) 219.741 ms 220.384 ms *
17 po-30-ur02.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net (68.87.226.222) 222.161 ms 223.248 ms 222.742 ms
18 te-8-4-ur04.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net (68.87.226.85) 224.225 ms 224.801 ms 225.416 ms