lookups of m.bestofmedia.com and media.bestofmicro.com seem to be tripping on themselves. dnsdebug comes up with the correct answer relatively quickly unless a type of "a" is explicitly requested, then things go pear shaped. here's an example:
Q: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net ip Ans: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012 20 sec cname vpod.tv.edgesuite.net 42454.3: sending to 94.23.222.114/flip1.cedexis.net media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net 0 42454.3: sending to 92.243.20.135/flip1.cedexis.net media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net 0 42454: rcvd OK from 94.23.222.114 (authoritative) Q: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net ip Ans: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012 20 sec cname vpod.tv.edgesuite.net 42454: rcvd OK from 92.243.20.135 (authoritative) Q: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net ip Ans: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012 20 sec cname vpod.tv.edgesuite.net 42454.1: sending to 94.23.222.114/flip1.cedexis.net media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net cname 42454: rcvd OK from 94.23.222.114 (authoritative) Q: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net ip Ans: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012 20 sec cname vpod.tv.edgesuite.net 42454.1: sending to 94.23.222.114/flip1.cedexis.net media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net cname 42454.1: sending to 92.243.20.135/flip1.cedexis.net media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net cname 42454: rcvd OK from 92.243.20.135 (authoritative) Q: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net ip Ans: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012 20 sec cname vpod.tv.edgesuite.net 42454.1: sending to 92.243.20.135/flip1.cedexis.net media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net cname 42454.1: sending to 69.25.188.251/flip1.cedexis.net media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net cname 42454: rcvd OK from 69.25.188.251 (authoritative) Q: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net ip Ans: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012 20 sec cname vpod.tv.edgesuite.net 42454: rcvd OK from 92.243.20.135 (authoritative) Q: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012.cdx.cedexis.net ip Ans: media-bestofmicro.1-01-2777-0012 20 sec cname vpod.tv.edgesuite.net - erik