a bunch of them there at alden can be pinged from Florida, as follows:
ae-sun09.alden.com 198.114.237.12 ping, yes
ae-sun10.alden.com 198.114.237.13 ping, yes
ae-sun12.alden.com 198.114.237.14 ping, yes
ae-sun11.alden.com 198.114.237.15 ping, yes
hurricane.alden.com 198.114.237.16 ping, yes
cyclone.alden.com 198.114.237.17 ping, yes
typhoon.alden.com 198.114.237.18 ping, yes
hailmail.alden.com 198.114.237.19 ping. yes
thunder.alden.com 198.114.237.20 ping, yes
lightning.alden.com 198.114.237.21 <== but not this one
ae-sun13.alden.com 198.114.237.22 ping, yes
alden-237.alden.com 198.114.237.23 ping, yes
wafs08.alden.com 198.114.237.24 ping, yes
gw1-sn237.alden.com 198.114.237.25 ping, yes
ae-sun14.alden.com 198.114.237.26 ping, yes
It appears to be a problem with that one machine, and not a network problem.
rgds,bro