[resolved] Cannot access particular site

Question

I cannot access http://www.philosophypages.com. I tested using the "is it down or is it me?" site and apparently, it is "just me". I can ping the site fine. But if I try to view the page in firefox, it hangs forever. I don't see any complaints in the error/warning/info console, though. If I try to access it with lynx, eventually it just times out and says it could not make the connection.
I've accessed the same site just fine before. I can access other sites just fine now.
Can anybody suggest ways to track the issue down?
$ traceroute www.philosophypages.com
traceroute to www.philosophypages.com (207.155.252.12), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 xx.x.x.x (x.x.x.x) 3.122 ms 7.112 ms 7.123 ms
2 xx.xxx.xxx.x (xx.xxx.xxx.x) 13.841 ms 13.950 ms 21.623 ms
3 xxxx-xxxx-xx-xxx-xxx.network.virginmedia.net (xx.xxx.xxx.xxx) 21.651 ms 21.716 ms 21.794 ms
4 xxxx-xx-xx-xxx-x.network.virginmedia.net (xx.xxx.xxx.xxx) 27.572 ms 27.639 ms 27.630 ms
5 xe-7-0-0.edge3.London2.Level3.net (195.50.91.129) 31.243 ms 31.287 ms 35.437 ms
6 ae-0-11.edge4.London2.Level3.net (4.69.200.126) 36.044 ms 22.750 ms 21.694 ms
7 ae-3-3.ebr1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.141.189) 22.314 ms 30.534 ms 30.419 ms
8 ae-57-112.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.118) 30.589 ms ae-58-113.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.122) 32.039 ms ae-59-114.csw1.London1.Level3.net (4.69.153.126) 31.964 ms
9 ae-1-51.edge4.London1.Level3.net (4.69.139.74) 31.659 ms 31.744 ms 32.072 ms
10 XO-level3-1x10G.London.Level3.net (4.68.70.134) 32.256 ms 32.341 ms 32.122 ms
11 vb1042.rar3.nyc-ny.us.xo.net (207.88.13.202) 107.633 ms 111.691 ms 107.710 ms
12 te-3-0-0.rar3.washington-dc.us.xo.net (207.88.12.74) 169.505 ms 167.730 ms 172.305 ms
13 te-11-0-0.rar3.sanjose-ca.us.xo.net (207.88.12.69) 173.591 ms 173.456 ms 173.677 ms
14 ae0d0.mcr1.fremont-ca.us.xo.net (216.156.0.138) 167.153 ms 165.860 ms 167.242 ms
15 ae1d0.mcr2.fremont-ca.us.xo.net (216.156.1.70) 166.037 ms 171.930 ms 171.810 ms
16 209.116.66.138 (209.116.66.138) 171.997 ms 164.010 ms 162.785 ms
17 206.251.128.138.ptr.us.xo.net (206.251.128.138) 162.577 ms 170.301 ms 170.335 ms
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Last edited by cfr (2013-02-23 22:57:57)

Answer 1

Works okay here.
1 ewaller (192.168.1.1) 0.848 ms 1.473 ms 1.435 ms
2 netblock-<redacted>.dslextreme.com (<redacted>) 10.585 ms 11.753 ms 12.152 ms
3 lax1_cr1_gig_10_0_120.dslextreme.com (66.218.48.145) 13.750 ms 14.603 ms 16.036 ms
4 ge-6-5.car4.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.71.128.1) 18.441 ms 18.798 ms 19.272 ms
5 xo-level3-xe.losangeles9.level3.net (4.53.228.10) 21.344 ms 23.157 ms 24.477 ms
6 207.88.14.209.ptr.us.xo.net (207.88.14.209) 41.759 ms 35.728 ms 32.297 ms
7 ae0d0.mcr1.fremont-ca.us.xo.net (216.156.0.138) 33.857 ms 22.385 ms 20.789 ms
8 ae1d0.mcr2.fremont-ca.us.xo.net (216.156.1.70) 22.237 ms 23.305 ms 23.283 ms
9 209.116.66.138 (209.116.66.138) 24.918 ms 25.905 ms 27.264 ms
10 206.251.128.138.ptr.us.xo.net (206.251.128.138) 28.415 ms 29.845 ms 30.189 ms
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It must be all those xx's in your IP 
From the site:
Philosophy Pages
. . . from Garth Kemerling
This site offers helpful information for students of the Western philosophical tradition. The elements you will find on this site include:
The Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names.
A survey of the History of Western Philosophy.
A Timeline for the intellectual figures discussed here.
Detailed discussion of several major Philosophers
Summary treatment of the elementary principles of Logic
A generic Study Guide for students of philosophy.
Links to other philosophy Sites on the Internet.
Edit:  We both found our way to 206.251.128.138.ptr.us.xo.net   . 
Last edited by ewaller (2013-01-25 04:42:27)