AllenG:

LiQuidAce:

C:\Users\Ben>tracert northnet.net.nz

Tracing route to northnet.net.nz [58.28.96.5]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms     1 ms     1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    85 ms    77 ms    75 ms  akl-ip21-xdsl-gw.wxnz.net [182.154.0.21]
  3    77 ms    79 ms    78 ms  ge-0-0-2-232.akl-ip04.wxnz.net [58.28.96.1]
  4    94 ms    81 ms    74 ms  northnet.net.nz [58.28.96.5]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\Ben>

Hi LiQuidAce. Like me, it's all hops beyond your router. This may be Telecom doing Traffic management and not Xnet.

There was mention on geekzone (can't find the post now) that Telecom Wholesale had given ISPs notice that they were planning on implementing "Dimensioning" on their ethernet backhaul (UBA). like they do on the old ATM backhaul (UBS). I believe it's been open pipes on the Next Generation Network cabinets and ADSL2+ exchange upgrades up to now. If they have implemented this it may explain why evening latencies have increased? 15 minute average of 45kbps per connected customer + allowance for 3 months growth & latency less than 1000ms is all Wholesale have to provide I believe.

Regards Allen