AS have had a DNS Server problem - proven good in Austrlia 12 hours ago (cant be bothered working out time zones) read below
After 3 support cases with AS this past week finally got them to admit system problem - DNS server fault.
Been missing snipes with 15 sec leads. Got sick of getting replies from the book of standard responses - asked for supervisor - got them investigating - got a result.
For proof of problem I watched an item close on ebay as the counter for the item on AS showed 30 sec to go.
Passed that info on to support & things moved quickly from there