Apple iChat test servers seem to be offline a lot these days

I've been trying to use Apple's three iChat test servers - appleu3test01/appleu3test02/appleu3test03 - for videoconference testing, and it seems as though they're offline a lot more than I remember from even just a few months ago. Not with 'away' status - although that seems to happen more than I remember, too - but just entirely unavailable. appleu3test01 seems to be available slightly more often than the other 2, but not by much.
Anyone have any idea what's going on? They're a great resource, but a good deal less so when they're not available.
Thanks in advance for any insight.

Great info, thanks!
Just for others who might stumble upon this thread, based on the icons in their buddy listings, [email protected] seems to be a dedicated videochat test server, while [email protected] seems to be a dedicated audiochat test server. I tried [email protected], but that doesn't seem to be working at the moment.

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