hio77:
Given it only happens at peak, really does sound like peak time utilization.
It's a power company, being a telco is just an extra piece of the pie to pad with really..
IMO, if your son really is a professional player, get a connection with one of the larger providers that look after their links, and possibly look at something that isnt best effort residential.
Doesn't look like that server is an official server, it's one of the PacificES boxes. Would not surprise me if they sometimes get targeted for attacks (so might not even be provider end) and being OVH, they are decent but often rack their links heavy to stay cheap.
Vodafone ADSL - no interleavings:
:~$ traceroute 139.99.179.90
traceroute to 139.99.179.90 (139.99.179.90), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 edge-router.home.baird.io (10.3.57.1) 0.257 ms 0.213 ms 0.185 ms
2 254.115.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz (27.252.115.254) 8.553 ms 9.158 ms 10.193 ms
3 * * *
4 unassigned.vf.net.nz (203.109.180.146) 78.014 ms 78.044 ms 78.018 ms
5 * * *
6 syd1-sy2-g1-nc5.aus.asia (103.5.14.221) 45.515 ms 44.505 ms 45.826 ms
7 * * *
8 * * *
9 * * *
10 * * *
11 ip90.ip-139-99-179.net (139.99.179.90) 34.740 ms 35.830 ms 36.788 ms
Spark VDSL - G.INP:
:~$ traceroute 139.99.179.90
traceroute to 139.99.179.90 (139.99.179.90), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 edge-router.home.baird.io (10.3.57.1) 0.296 ms 0.134 ms 0.165 ms
2 125-238-187-1-adsl.sparkbb.co.nz (125.238.187.1) 7.963 ms 8.275 ms 9.863 ms
3 * * *
4 122.56.113.4 (122.56.113.4) 13.924 ms 13.874 ms 14.141 ms
5 ae7-2.akbr7.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.119.53) 14.526 ms ae2-6.tkbr12.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.127.17) 16.055 ms 15.954 ms
6 xe7-0-8.sebr3.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.127.221) 40.170 ms xe7-0-6.sgbr3.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.127.6) 41.037 ms xe1-0-6.sebr3.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.119.74) 38.085 ms
7 ae7-10.sebr4.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.127.214) 52.218 ms 33.022 ms 122.56.119.49 (122.56.119.49) 32.062 ms
8 * * *
9 syd-sy2-bb1-a9.aus.asia (103.5.14.222) 37.577 ms 38.206 ms 40.969 ms
10 syd1-sy2-g1-nc5.aus.asia (103.5.14.221) 38.130 ms 39.205 ms 38.362 ms
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 ip90.ip-139-99-179.net (139.99.179.90) 33.956 ms 34.956 ms 36.244 ms
OVH has got a tool and we can see that their Network is not overloaded at all in Sydney: http://weathermap.ovh.net/#apac
Also, to test my bandwidth, I usually use their speedtest server: http://speedtest-syd.apac-tools.ovh/ It works well for me.
