After hearing some good things about verizon I decided to get an account and try it out (pretty much only to play WoW), the account is good for the most part (though some really crappy lag spikes now and again), but the last 2 days its been really horrible, pings in WoW around the 1500-2000 range. My shaped saix account still works fine so it's probably not my line. I tried looking around on verizon's network status page and all that, but it seems everything is fine, anyone else having similar issues?
Sample traces:
Verizon:
Tracing route to www.l.google.com [64.233.189.104]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 332 ms 313 ms 329 ms atm4-0-0sub106.gw11.jnb6.alter.net [196.7.196.21]
4 323 ms 277 ms 300 ms pos8-1-0.gw11.jnb6.alter.net [196.30.121.157]
5 297 ms 288 ms 281 ms fe4-1-0.cr1.jnb6.alter.net [196.30.156.33]
6 480 ms 494 ms 500 ms t30-0-0.cr1.lnd19.alter.net [196.30.229.233]
7 629 ms 572 ms 613 ms so0-0-1.ir1.lnd19.alter.net [196.30.229.190]
8 558 ms 549 ms 660 ms so-3-0-1.IH2.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.3.49]
9 605 ms 569 ms 598 ms so-2-0-2.TR1.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.2.45]
10 617 ms 576 ms 603 ms POS1-0.BR1.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.7.242]
11 576 ms 627 ms 559 ms 146.188.35.138
12 581 ms 544 ms 501 ms sl-bb23-lon-3-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.129.151]
13 551 ms 559 ms 548 ms sl-gw23-lon-15-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.128.63]
14 575 ms 580 ms 661 ms sle-eurogoogle-1-0.sprintlink.net [82.195.189.186]
15 559 ms 526 ms 525 ms 66.249.95.130
16 636 ms 608 ms 641 ms 72.14.236.216
17 730 ms 706 ms 771 ms 216.239.46.227
18 824 ms 838 ms 833 ms 72.14.233.116
19 929 ms 970 ms 909 ms 209.85.248.130
20 900 ms 901 ms 941 ms 216.239.47.234
21 1029 ms 1021 ms 1003 ms 66.249.95.171
22 1088 ms 1138 ms 1126 ms 209.85.250.89
23 1039 ms 1062 ms 1051 ms hk-in-f104.google.com [64.233.189.104
Saix Shaped:
Tracing route to www.l.google.com [64.233.189.104]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
2 20 ms 19 ms 19 ms dsl-243-192-01.telkomadsl.co.za [41.243.192.1]
3 22 ms 19 ms 20 ms 196.43.33.185
4 24 ms 22 ms 22 ms 196.43.33.185
5 23 ms 22 ms 23 ms 196.43.33.2
6 24 ms 22 ms 23 ms 196.43.33.5
7 1123 ms 306 ms 304 ms lon-ip-dir-telecity-pos-7-1.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.9.157]
8 371 ms 370 ms 370 ms 83.245.126.125
9 437 ms 354 ms 352 ms 72.14.238.255
10 380 ms 378 ms 377 ms 72.14.236.216
11 400 ms 395 ms 398 ms 216.239.46.227
12 351 ms 355 ms 355 ms 72.14.233.116
13 1934 ms 330 ms 329 ms 209.85.248.130
14 586 ms 431 ms 330 ms 216.239.47.232
15 330 ms 331 ms 330 ms 66.249.95.171
16 506 ms 355 ms 327 ms 209.85.250.89
17 330 ms 330 ms 327 ms hk-in-f104.google.com [64.233.189.104]
Sample traces:
Verizon:
Tracing route to www.l.google.com [64.233.189.104]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 332 ms 313 ms 329 ms atm4-0-0sub106.gw11.jnb6.alter.net [196.7.196.21]
4 323 ms 277 ms 300 ms pos8-1-0.gw11.jnb6.alter.net [196.30.121.157]
5 297 ms 288 ms 281 ms fe4-1-0.cr1.jnb6.alter.net [196.30.156.33]
6 480 ms 494 ms 500 ms t30-0-0.cr1.lnd19.alter.net [196.30.229.233]
7 629 ms 572 ms 613 ms so0-0-1.ir1.lnd19.alter.net [196.30.229.190]
8 558 ms 549 ms 660 ms so-3-0-1.IH2.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.3.49]
9 605 ms 569 ms 598 ms so-2-0-2.TR1.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.2.45]
10 617 ms 576 ms 603 ms POS1-0.BR1.LND9.ALTER.NET [146.188.7.242]
11 576 ms 627 ms 559 ms 146.188.35.138
12 581 ms 544 ms 501 ms sl-bb23-lon-3-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.129.151]
13 551 ms 559 ms 548 ms sl-gw23-lon-15-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.128.63]
14 575 ms 580 ms 661 ms sle-eurogoogle-1-0.sprintlink.net [82.195.189.186]
15 559 ms 526 ms 525 ms 66.249.95.130
16 636 ms 608 ms 641 ms 72.14.236.216
17 730 ms 706 ms 771 ms 216.239.46.227
18 824 ms 838 ms 833 ms 72.14.233.116
19 929 ms 970 ms 909 ms 209.85.248.130
20 900 ms 901 ms 941 ms 216.239.47.234
21 1029 ms 1021 ms 1003 ms 66.249.95.171
22 1088 ms 1138 ms 1126 ms 209.85.250.89
23 1039 ms 1062 ms 1051 ms hk-in-f104.google.com [64.233.189.104
Saix Shaped:
Tracing route to www.l.google.com [64.233.189.104]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
2 20 ms 19 ms 19 ms dsl-243-192-01.telkomadsl.co.za [41.243.192.1]
3 22 ms 19 ms 20 ms 196.43.33.185
4 24 ms 22 ms 22 ms 196.43.33.185
5 23 ms 22 ms 23 ms 196.43.33.2
6 24 ms 22 ms 23 ms 196.43.33.5
7 1123 ms 306 ms 304 ms lon-ip-dir-telecity-pos-7-1.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.9.157]
8 371 ms 370 ms 370 ms 83.245.126.125
9 437 ms 354 ms 352 ms 72.14.238.255
10 380 ms 378 ms 377 ms 72.14.236.216
11 400 ms 395 ms 398 ms 216.239.46.227
12 351 ms 355 ms 355 ms 72.14.233.116
13 1934 ms 330 ms 329 ms 209.85.248.130
14 586 ms 431 ms 330 ms 216.239.47.232
15 330 ms 331 ms 330 ms 66.249.95.171
16 506 ms 355 ms 327 ms 209.85.250.89
17 330 ms 330 ms 327 ms hk-in-f104.google.com [64.233.189.104]