Timico admit traffic managing during working hours which could mean drop ping packets. Used to happen on Coms when TM was inplace. Be interesting seeing the same test after 5pm

Will do the same test in about half an hour and post it here.

traceroute to bbc.co.uk (212.58.244.18), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.637 ms 1.584 ms 3.595 ms
2 lo5-tch-lns1.router.as8607.net (62.121.9.201) 47.144 ms 48.364 ms 48.298 ms
3 vl79.tch-edge2.uk.timico.net (195.54.225.73) 50.059 ms 50.050 ms 51.994 ms
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22 *^C

What does that mean in simple words Should I just say goodbye to Timico?

Does seem odd but not sure what it is. How is it effecting real world performance?

Browsing, youtube and download speeds seems fine. It's just gaming that sucks now. And it's important for me.

I'd wait for Neil to comment, or even PM him.

An alternative is to raise it with support. It would be useful if you have any ping reports from when with ADSL24 or COMS.

There may be a reason of the kind he gave earlier. Have you checked to see if there are any status or problem reports on their website?

Have you got a static or dynamic IP address, and if it's dynamic does it change frequently or rarely?

Doesn't seem to be unique to Timico, I get the same on my TalkTalk FTTC:

traceroute: Warning: bbc.co.uk has multiple addresses; using 212.58.246.103
traceroute to bbc.co.uk (212.58.246.103), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.26.1 (192.168.26.1) 0.625 ms 0.201 ms 0.178 ms
2 host-92-6-136-1.as43234.net (92.6.136.1) 5.370 ms 5.842 ms 5.952 ms
3 * host-78-151-238-229.as13285.net (78.151.238.229) 6.942 ms *
4 host-78-151-230-20.as13285.net (78.151.230.20) 7.536 ms
host-78-151-238-200.as13285.net (78.151.238.200) 7.716 ms
host-78-151-230-12.as13285.net (78.151.230.12) 8.083 ms
5 host-78-144-1-32.as13285.net (78.144.1.32) 8.006 ms
host-78-144-1-20.as13285.net (78.144.1.20) 7.749 ms
host-78-144-1-18.as13285.net (78.144.1.18) 7.635 ms
6 * * xe-10-2-0-scr010.sov.as13285.net (78.144.0.216) 7.985 ms
7 * * *
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^C

Yours are 6ms-8ms.

Not over 50ms .

What does a straight ping give you?

Edited by RobertoS (Mon 24-Aug-15 19:00:13)

Sorry, I wasn't comparing the pings, I meant it never gets to the BBC's network for me either

Pings are 7.5-8.5ms for me.

No problem reports on their website. I have a static IP. The only thing that comes to my mind is previous Neil's post about some works. But that was going to be resolved within 10 days. I might just get FTTC Will PM Neil first.