Issue is high latency due to your internet service provider.
Issue is high latency due to your internet service provider.
I'm located 10,000km away from Google's DNS in Europe, connected via DSL. My connection speed is around 27ms overall, not counting the extra bandwidth available across the ocean. The delays I experience are likely due to both distance and my ISP's performance beyond just the physical path. Other factors probably play a role, so I recommend reaching out to my ISP. If they had better latency in the past with different providers, there must be an issue with them. During testing, I consistently saw delays of 29ms, 33ms, and 48ms—especially on the third hop using ICMP. An UDP flow would likely produce similar results and cause noticeable lag in games. Updated January 4, 2019 by Guest
It's interesting you think you can go faster than light using interleaved DSL with a 20ms delay. Or more likely, you're encountering a cached server in your ISP's network. I'm sure you believe your 27ms ping over 10,000km is realistic, even though I'm not a network engineer for an ISP that relies on DSL and fiber. I get it and see the constraints. Don't just rely on traces and pings—check for unusual patterns. His UDP traffic appears stronger than ICMP, which supports your view.
What seems typical in my region feels strange if I crossed into a private network with routers outside my own. My IPS sales team would likely ask some awkward questions about the delay and extra latency caused by equipment from TP links. They probably added around 36ms of poor planning between the OP and their own public IP, plus more delay from those external connections.