here is my graph again (from page 7) so dont have to click back to see affect.
traceroute also looking tidier. (note approx 8ms added due to interrupt polling on nic)
# traceroute -I virginmedia.com
traceroute to virginmedia.com (212.250.162.12), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets
1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 9.122 ms 9.590 ms 9.866 ms
2 cpc6-leic15-2-0-gw.8-1.cable.virginmedia.com (82.7.80.1) 19.877 ms 19.541 ms 10.126 ms
3 leic-core-1a-ae3-3496.network.virginmedia.net (82.3.33.105) 19.818 ms 19.823 ms 29.846 ms
4 leed-bb-1a-as8-0.network.virginmedia.net (213.105.172.17) 19.758 ms 19.566 ms 20.180 ms
5 manc-bb-1b-as3-0.network.virginmedia.net (213.105.175.142) 29.608 ms 19.882 ms 20.556 ms
6 winn-bb-1a-as3-0.network.virginmedia.net (212.43.163.190) 29.153 ms 29.869 ms 29.538 ms
7 win-dc-a-v900.network.virginmedia.net (62.253.188.162) 39.902 ms 30.080 ms 29.821 ms
8 git-dmz4-css-4b-vip07.network.virginmedia.net (212.250.162.12) 29.567 ms 30.181 ms 29.606 ms