yes I dont know why BT have such bizzare routing.
even much smaller isps like zen have PoPs in every major city. Yet BT seem limited to routing through a dozen or so PoPs around the country causing indirect routes, and even weirder can be if you somewhere like london you an still get routed via sheffield. This is a problem BT have had for decades. Its a good reason to sign up to a LLU provider who bypass BTs network.
here is mine to the 2 destinations QTX posted and I am on fast path. note the jump to ealing hop.
Code:
qw.foppa.dk
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home.gateway [192.168.1.253]
2 6 ms 5 ms 5 ms bt.gateway [217.32.144.166]
3 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms bt.internal [217.32.144.190]
4 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms 213.120.181.246
5 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms 217.41.169.213
6 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms bt.internal [217.41.169.109]
7 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 109.159.251.249
8 18 ms 23 ms 23 ms core2-te-0-13-0-10.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [109.159
251.179]
9 17 ms 17 ms 18 ms peer1-xe3-2-1.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.2
4.209]
10 18 ms 17 ms 17 ms xe-2-3-0-0.ldn1nqp1.uk.ip.tdc.net [195.66.236.64
11 30 ms 30 ms 78 ms ae0-0.boanqp7.dk.ip.tdc.net [83.88.23.196]
12 198 ms 209 ms 207 ms 62.243.244.238
13 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms klyden.foppa.dk [89.104.194.146]
Code:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms home.gateway [192.168.1.253]
2 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms bt.gateway [217.32.144.166]
3 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms bt.internal [217.32.144.206]
4 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 213.120.181.246
5 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms 217.41.169.213
6 8 ms 8 ms 7 ms bt.internal [217.41.169.109]
7 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms acc2-10GigE-9-3-0.sf.21cn-ipp.bt.net [109.159.25
1.223]
8 17 ms 16 ms 20 ms core2-te0-5-0-7.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.25
1.151]
9 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms peer4-te0-5-0-5.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [109.159
.254.169]
10 18 ms 22 ms 17 ms hex89-linx.as29550.net [195.66.236.223]
11 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms vl668.the-7600.as29550.net [92.48.95.14]
12 32 ms 36 ms 48 ms a.1.magic-the.as29550.net [217.112.81.90]
13 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms quakelive.london.i3d.net [94.76.229.7]