Hey Mike I followed your instructions:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
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C:\Users\presh>ping s3-external-1.amazonaws.com
Pinging s3-external-1.amazonaws.com [72.21.207.243] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 72.21.207.243:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
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