I have tried several different proxies, doesn't appear to be making any difference. Here are a few traceroutes...
Tracing route to scorpio.gold.ac.uk [158.223.1.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 7 ms 7 ms 6 ms 10.132.231.254
2 6 ms 7 ms 9 ms cmbg-t2cam1-a-v111.inet.ntl.com [80.1.202.53]
3 17 ms 8 ms 15 ms cmbg-t2core-a-ge-wan62.inet.ntl.com [80.1.201.37]
4 12 ms 18 ms 9 ms pop-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.193]
5 12 ms 12 ms 12 ms nth-bb-b-so-400-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.13]
6 15 ms 16 ms 15 ms lee-bb-a-so-600-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.102]
7 19 ms 20 ms 20 ms pop-bb-b-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.238]
8 22 ms 21 ms 21 ms tele-ic-1-so-000-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.82]
9 21 ms 22 ms 21 ms 212.250.14.34
10 * 21 ms 35 ms po2-3.lond-scr4.ja.net [146.97.35.233]
11 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms po0-0.lond-scr.ja.net [146.97.33.33]
12 22 ms 41 ms 22 ms po0-0.london-bar1.ja.net [146.97.35.2]
13 22 ms 38 ms 24 ms ulcc-gsr.lmn.net.uk [146.97.40.34]
14 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms po0-0.kcl-gsr.lmn.net.uk [194.83.100.13]
15 24 ms 25 ms 22 ms goldsmiths.lmn.net.uk [194.83.101.174]
16 23 ms 23 ms 24 ms scorpio.gold.ac.uk [158.223.1.1]
Tracing route to
www.cardiff.ac.uk [131.251.0.3]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 7 ms 17 ms 5 ms 10.132.231.254
2 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms cmbg-t2cam1-a-v111.inet.ntl.com [80.1.202.53]
3 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms cmbg-t2core-a-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [80.1.201.25]
4 18 ms 9 ms 10 ms pop-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.193]
5 12 ms 11 ms 12 ms nth-bb-b-so-400-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.13]
6 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms lee-bb-a-so-600-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.102]
7 19 ms 20 ms 20 ms pop-bb-b-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.238]
8 42 ms 23 ms 22 ms tele-ic-1-so-000-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.82]
9 22 ms 21 ms 32 ms 212.250.14.34
10 22 ms 21 ms 32 ms po3-3.lond-scr4.ja.net [146.97.35.237]
11 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms po1-0.read-scr.ja.net [146.97.33.26]
12 23 ms 23 ms 24 ms po2-0.bris-scr.ja.net [146.97.33.49]
13 28 ms * 25 ms po3-0.cardiff-bar.ja.net [146.97.35.154]
14 27 ms 26 ms 27 ms 146.97.40.94
Tracing route to rutgers.edu [128.6.72.102]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 10.132.231.254
2 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms cmbg-t2cam1-b-v111.inet.ntl.com [80.1.202.181]
3 8 ms 13 ms 9 ms cmbg-t2core-b-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [80.1.201.153]
4 11 ms 11 ms 15 ms nth-bb-b-so-210-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.197]
5 * 11 ms 13 ms sl-gw11-lon-8-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.159.245]
6 13 ms 14 ms * sl-bb21-lon-11-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.128.58]
7 103 ms 81 ms 81 ms sl-bb21-tuk-10-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.19.69]
8 98 ms 84 ms 84 ms sl-bb23-pen-3-1.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.116]
9 85 ms 84 ms 83 ms sl-bb20-pen-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.16.25]
10 84 ms * 83 ms sl-gw2-pen-9-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.5.10]
11 85 ms 87 ms 86 ms sl-rutge1-1-0-0.sprintlink.net [144.223.1.214]
12 85 ms 86 ms 87 ms vlan100-sr02-hill012-svcs.rutgers.edu [128.6.1.22]