Looks like there is a intercepting "transparent proxy" in the path. As dig +trace sends no-recursive queries the "transparent proxy" doesn't recurse and so you don't get better answers. I would be complaining to the ISP. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka at isc.org