Is the alpha.c2.org 'Nymserver Down?

[anonymous-remailer at shell.portal.com]

My 'nym seems to be broken again, and I've heard other reports that
the alpha.c2.org 'nymserver is down.  Yet, Raph's ping list seem to
indicate it's healthy:

remailer  email address                        history  latency  uptime
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
alpha    alias at alpha.c2.org               +-++**++-++*    49:22  99.66%


What's the story?