So yesterday I couldn't get on to any ua website using either url or ip address (includinng ones in other countries - guess they all go through the same main route)-and pings failed but pings to websites I could get to failed also so I didn't know what to make of that. Today woke up and everything works fine! ??????
I think there is definitely something funny going on on their end - cordelli and others thanks for helping try to maintain my sanity