Which is the more reliable ping test - command prompt or pingtest.net?

cmd running a pingtest give me 38ms (got interleaving on), where as pingtest.net gives me 50ms (used to give me 38ms)

I don't think there's any good local pingtest servers anymore so I'd stick to command prompt. Pingtest uses a server all the way in the Netherlands for me.

http://www.pingtest.net/result/96889872.png

Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.103] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=55
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=55
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=55
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=55

(Interleaving on and via my now more latency filled VPN!)

Ah, well in that case im getting the same pings, but then congent do have a server a few miles from where i live so maybe that helps

Thanks. Mine is due on the 16th.

Pretty graphs this evening

http://puu.sh/8AJEl.png
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/3119e484606...

Ive had intermittent very slow browsing. Done speed tests (which are fine) and tracert (nothing too out of the ordinary compared with the ones posted on here) and im not really any the wiser. I will probably leave as I know they are a good ISP gone bad but just wanted to know what the problem might be. Was half thinking it may be DNS issues?

I've had the same problem of intermittent slow browsing too, with no obvious problem. Not convinced it's DNS either.
It might have happened with the switch over to cogentco but may be just coincidence.

Im not even a demanding high bandwidth customer 10Gb a month usually who doesn't uses torrents but I called up CS to request my MAC and was asked to raise a ticket. Off to Xilo me thinks!

Coms have used cogent from the start. Uno/Xilo on here posted a tracert showing the hops it takes over tge cogent routers a few months ago

Bob, why did we all have Enta showing then?