I'm gonna necro this and just leave a little update here: Tracing route to 204.2.229.9 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 1 ms <1 ms 1 ms
2 8 ms 14 ms 152 ms 173-31-240-1.client.mchsi.com [173.31.240.1]
3 13 ms 18 ms 21 ms 172.30.30.93
4 12 ms 18 ms 16 ms 68-66-73-68.client.mchsi.com [68.66.73.68]
5 27 ms 23 ms 13 ms po10.atlga001er1.mchsi.com [68.66.72.29]
6 18 ms 25 ms 19 ms ae1.cr5-atl1.ip4.gtt.net [173.205.39.213]
7 30 ms 23 ms 23 ms ae20.cr2-atl2.ip4.gtt.net [89.149.130.146]
8 19 ms 18 ms 24 ms as2914-gw.cr2-atl2.ip4.gtt.net [199.229.229.202]
9 13 ms 20 ms 15 ms ae-13.r22.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.5.211]
10 35 ms 36 ms 38 ms ae-4.r25.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.116]
11 * 79 ms 73 ms ae-2.r25.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.154]
12 67 ms * 72 ms ae-5.r24.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.146]
13 75 ms 74 ms 83 ms ae-4.r00.scrmca02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.7.57]
14 74 ms 75 ms 69 ms xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net [192.80.16.2]
15 73 ms 76 ms 73 ms 204.2.229.234
16 72 ms 77 ms 72 ms 204.2.229.9

So NTT is still giving everyone the big middle finger, or at least me. I guess my only option is play at unholy hours, buy a VPN, or get fucked.