slow internet

[James Kramer]

Hi,
I don't know much about traceroute and internet traffic.  My internet
connection was very slow yesterday.  I was downloading Breezy Badger.
Would someone explain why I received the following output from
traceroute.  Was this caused by downloading Ubuntu or a slow Verizon
line or Speakeasy connection?

jmkramer at caldron:~$ traceroute slashdot.com
traceroute to slashdot.com (66.35.250.150), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  my.router (192.168.1.1)  6.503 ms  0.698 ms  0.669 ms
 2  er1.nyc1.speakeasy.net (66.92.66.1)  1089.588 ms  287.415 ms
 497.838 ms
  3  220.ge-0-1-0.cr2.nyc1.speakeasy.net (69.17.83.201)  993.549 ms
  992.973 ms 993.006 ms
 4  166.90.136.33 (166.90.136.33)  993.401 ms  1134.035 ms  1134.437
   ms
 5  ge-6-0-0-53.gar3.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.68.97.68)  1134.518 ms
    1204.585 ms  1134.477 ms
 6  dcr6-so-6-1-0.NewYork.savvis.net (4.68.127.206)  1134.774 ms
     1133.724 ms  1134.452 ms
 7  bcs1-so-6-0-0.NewYork.savvis.net (204.70.192.37)  1070.788 ms
      222.353 ms  434.865 ms
 8  dcr2-so-3-0-0.Chicago.savvis.net (204.70.192.101)  865.515 ms
       999.352 ms  1004.169 ms
 9  dcr1-so-4-2-0.Denver.savvis.net (204.70.193.221)  1145.596
        ms  1211.355 ms 787.731 ms
 10  dcr2-so-0-1-0.sanfranciscosfo.savvis.net (204.70.192.254)
        357.579 ms  357.039 ms  639.806 ms
 11  bhr1-pos-0-0.SantaClarasc8.savvis.net (208.172.156.198)
        923.103 ms  1063.510 ms  993.080 ms
 12  csr1-ve240.santaclarasc8.savvis.net (66.35.194.34)  993.482
        ms  992.530 ms 993.366 ms
 13  66.35.212.174 (66.35.212.174)  1063.844 ms  1134.047 ms
        1134.488 ms
 14  slashdot (66.35.250.150)  1137.008 ms !C  1205.647 ms !C
        1136.755 ms !C

Jay