Regarding high latency from Los Angeles/surrounding area

[nugglets]

I just stumbled on this thread after suspecting a routing issue over the past week or so and, though the level3 routers aren't exactly inspiring confidence, I think SE is having some MAJOR issues:

Tracing route to 199.91.189.40 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 32 ms 33 ms 26 ms cpe-172-249-144-1.socal.res.rr.com [172.249.144.1]
3 7 ms 8 ms 9 ms tge7-6.hnbicadh01h.socal.rr.com [76.166.3.93]
4 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms tge0-9-0-9.grgvcabt01r.socal.rr.com [72.129.30.70]
5 12 ms 15 ms 15 ms agg23.lsancarc01r.socal.rr.com [72.129.29.0]
6 13 ms 15 ms 15 ms 107.14.19.32
7 12 ms 12 ms 12 ms 107.14.19.86
8 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 66.109.9.122
9 84 ms 98 ms 85 ms vlan70.csw2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.144.126]
10 85 ms 110 ms 87 ms ae-72-72.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.137.21]
11 86 ms 86 ms 85 ms ae-3-3.ebr3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.132.78]
12 94 ms 97 ms 98 ms ae-73-73.csw2.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.145]
13 88 ms 86 ms 85 ms ae-71-71.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.138]
14 85 ms 87 ms 84 ms ae-14-14.ebr2.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.69.151.117]
15 98 ms 95 ms 97 ms ae-1-100.ebr1.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.69.132.113]
16 84 ms 88 ms 85 ms ae-6-6.ebr1.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.69.140.189]
17 * 86 ms 85 ms ae-10-10.car2.Montreal2.Level3.net [4.69.153.86]
18 97 ms 97 ms 95 ms ORMUCO-COMM.car2.Montreal2.Level3.net [4.59.178.74]
19 1187 ms 1161 ms 1130 ms 192.34.76.10 - Multiple traces show this router as high as 1500ms
20 1197 ms 1218 ms 1291 ms 199.91.189.242 - Same as above
21 102 ms 104 ms 104 ms 199.91.189.40

This is with TWC in North Orange County. I never have problems in any other games.