Hey Hoops, I ran that router based traceroute again and got the following:

—- Trace Route Test Results —-
1 174-124-32-1.dyn.centurytel.net (174.124.32.1) 29.765 ms 27.487 ms 25.969 ms
2 206.51.89.176 (206.51.89.176) 27.666 ms 26.635 ms 27.934 ms
3 173-248-66-109.centurylink.net (173.248.66.109) 29.674 ms 29.623 ms 29.564 ms
4 bb-lcrswixc-jx9-02-ae0.core.centurytel.net (206.51.69.74) 32.651 ms 32.119 ms 31.203 ms
5 bb-chcgilwu-jx9-01-xe-1-1-0.core.centurytel.net (206.51.69.50) 38.299 ms 38.343 ms 38.569 ms
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9 208.174.226.229 (208.174.226.229) 44.123 ms 42.587 ms 41.756 ms
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12 hr1-tengig-2-0-0.sterling2dc3.savvis.net (204.70.197.70) 66.253 ms 66.554 ms 66.877 ms
13 205.138.157.62 (205.138.157.62) 66.145 ms 66.141 ms 66.586 ms
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23 * 216.35.221.76 (216.35.221.76) 399.050 ms *