Although things are a bit better now, I'm still seing some very slow sites. In particular, eBay is very unresponsive and I often have to repeat clicks - which makes sniping a bit risky! I'm not certain, but I'm gaining the impression that the problem sites are accessed through the Manchester internet exchange (Minx?) as opposed to the London one.
Code:
Tracing route to wildsnow.com [70.98.111.42]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 7 ms 8 ms 7 ms 10.15.80.1
2 10 ms 10 ms 11 ms bagu-t2cam1-b-ge-wan52-122.inet.ntl.com [80.5.162.217]
3 10 ms 8 ms 11 ms bagu-t2core-b-ge-wan63.inet.ntl.com [80.5.161.137]
4 10 ms 18 ms 9 ms lee-bb-b-so-300-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.29]
5 27 ms 14 ms 10 ms man-bb-a-so-700-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.193]
6 19 ms 19 ms 18 ms 212.187.137.1
7 18 ms 18 ms 40 ms so-6-0-0.mp2.manchesteruk1.level3.net [4.68.113.114]
8 18 ms 18 ms 27 ms so-1-1-0.bbr1.london1.level3.net [4.68.128.73]
9 18 ms 28 ms 18 ms ge-1-1.core2.london1.level3.net [212.187.131.134]
10 19 ms 18 ms 19 ms bcr1-so-4-0-0.londonlnx.savvis.net [206.24.169.29]
11 20 ms 17 ms 19 ms bcs1-so-1-1-0.londonlnx.savvis.net [204.70.193.114]
12 91 ms 91 ms 92 ms bcs2-so-0-0-0.newyork.savvis.net [204.70.192.121]
13 102 ms 102 ms 102 ms bcs2-so-4-0-0.washington.savvis.net [204.70.192.1]
14 102 ms 103 ms 101 ms cpr2-pos-0-0.virginiaequinix.savvis.net [206.24.238.218]
15 102 ms 102 ms 102 ms 208.173.50.242
16 103 ms 103 ms 103 ms so-2-0-0--0.cr01.mcln.eli.net [207.173.114.129]
17 119 ms 116 ms 115 ms so-0-0-0--0.cr02.chcg.eli.net [207.173.114.250]
18 182 ms 168 ms 169 ms so-1-0-0--0.cr01.slkc.eli.net [207.173.115.237]
19 167 ms 320 ms 167 ms ge-0-0-0--0.gw02.slkc.eli.net [207.173.115.246]
20 170 ms 169 ms 171 ms 70.97.59.22
21 172 ms 171 ms 183 ms wildsnow.com [70.98.111.42]
Trace complete.
Tracing route to ebay.co.uk [66.135.192.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms 10.15.80.1
2 8 ms 8 ms 11 ms bagu-t2cam1-a-v122.inet.ntl.com [80.5.162.89]
3 10 ms 17 ms 9 ms bagu-t2core-a-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com [80.5.161.5]
4 44 ms 26 ms 10 ms man-bb-a-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.25]
5 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms 212.187.137.1
6 17 ms 16 ms 21 ms so-6-1-0.mp2.manchesteruk1.level3.net [4.68.113.118]
7 167 ms 167 ms 168 ms ae-0-0.bbr2.sanjose1.level3.net [64.159.1.130]
8 167 ms 175 ms 168 ms ge-11-2.ipcolo2.sanjose1.level3.net [4.68.123.170]
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Trace complete.
Baguley to Manchester via Leeds eh!!