Trouble accessing GayAuthors.org

[Graeme]

Is anyone else having trouble accessing Gay Authors at the moment? I tried last night and again this morning. I seem to have two different problems.

The first is that the site appears to have disappeared from my ISP's DNS server (I'm using Australia's iiNet ISP). I switched over to using OpenDNS and that gave me the IP address, but I can't connect. It tried a tracert and it shows a problem somewhere in the USA:

9 26 ms 25 ms 26 ms ae2.br1.syd4.on.ii.net [150.101.33.22]
10 410 ms 186 ms 189 ms te0-1-1-3.br2.lax1.on.ii.net [150.101.33.195]
11 324 ms 201 ms 304 ms xe-7-0-3.edge2.LosAngeles9.Level3.net [4.53.230.45]
12 228 ms 227 ms 227 ms vlan70.csw2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.144.126]
13 227 ms 226 ms 226 ms ae-72-72.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.137.21]
14 226 ms 226 ms 228 ms ae-3-3.ebr3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.132.78]
15 235 ms 228 ms 228 ms ae-63-63.csw1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.133]
16 228 ms 228 ms 228 ms ae-61-61.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.151.126]
17 384 ms 392 ms 521 ms ae-14-14.ebr2.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.69.151.117]
18 225 ms 226 ms 225 ms ae-205-3605.edge4.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.69.158.145]
19 226 ms 226 ms 225 ms EASY-ONLINE.edge4.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.35.103.10]
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.

Is anyone else having the same problem?

[Nick Deverill]

It's been slow for a while but at roughly 2110 BST (an hour ago) I can't load any page. Not that I'll finish the story I was reading before bedtime as it's bit big but still annoying.

[Graeme]

Okay, it's not just me, then Thank you!

EDIT TO ADD:

It seems to be back up. Also received confirmation that it was down for a period of time.

[Merkin]

No problem for me from here (via iMac), using the AwesomeDude Links page, then at Gay Authors working down through the homepage, the Stories page, then checking new story postings.

[DesDownunder]

Same for me Merkin, and my ISP is a subsidiary of iinet. I suspect the problem is momentary or intermittent.

[Graeme]

Thank, Des. That's good to know. I was concerned if iiNet had removed GA from their DNS servers -- AD might've been next!

[The Pecman]

Thank, Des. That's good to know. I was concerned if iiNet had removed GA from their DNS servers -- AD might've been next!

There's nothing to prevent you from using a third-party DNS server like Google's:

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/

[Graeme]

I temporarily switched to OpenDNS to get the IP address I needed, but once the site came back up, I was able to switch back to my ISPs.