Quote Originally Posted by worldofneil View Post
Ignoring the fact you used a Wiki as a source because the definition is mostly correct (example it can affect existing connections, not just new connections), you're misunderstanding it:

1. Typical is not equal to Always
2. When you do a traceroute every line is a new node and any one of those can have a problem which affect your connection to the target machine. SE is only the last node one on that list so if node before them has a problem...
Except SE explicitly stated that the congestion was on their server. You all have very selective reading habits, don't you?