Alright, some updated info, good news and bad news.
Bad news is Cogent has been working on this but they haven't been able to find the problem, we aren't the only ones affected by this apparently. And we all know how companies like to pass the buck.
Good news is the colocation facility is getting a new link into their data center from Seattle (rather than the east where they currently get it from). So that should resolve these issues.
Bad news is that's still a couple of weeks away.
Good news is he assures me it will be in place before the start of the regular season, and in addition to that they are working on getting Shaw and Bell access so users on those networks won't have to go through Cogent at all.
Bad news is for the time being we just have to live with it until it either gets fixed or the new link gets put in place.
Good news is Lifehacker posted a proxy information post today so those affected can check it out and hopefully work around this until it gets fixed:
http://lifehacker.com/5349397/stayin...-you-anonymous