Damn Gatecrasher.. while your pings to iburst are closer to mine, those pings to google are way better.
I think you guys in jhb are just closer to things... you seem to always have a better international ping.
Myadsl is better for me as im not in joburg where Iburst servers are.
Pinging
www.mybroadband.co.za [196.7.147.186] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=71ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=95ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Reply from 196.7.147.186: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=249
Ping statistics for 196.7.147.186:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 51ms, Maximum = 95ms, Average = 74ms
Okay at the moment these look about as stable as ADSL pings. Like I said, something has become alot better for me in the las tfew days as far as pings go.
Pinging
www.l.google.com [64.233.179.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=531ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=557ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=557ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=558ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=568ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=558ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=557ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=558ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=587ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=558ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=552ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=553ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=558ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=557ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=552ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=557ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=578ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=577ms TTL=239
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=567ms TTL=238
Reply from 64.233.179.99: bytes=32 time=562ms TTL=239
Ping statistics for 64.233.179.99:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 531ms, Maximum = 587ms, Average = 560ms
Now at the same time I can keep up teh stability for international, but the numbers are simply about 200ms higher than you guys. It irritates me, becuase that is what makes browsing feel slow, not speed or anything.