Calling all traceroutes! [Choosing next ISP]

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#324100 27-Feb-2026 00:58

So just moved out here to NZ from the UK I'm a big competitive gamer! I'm asking my NZ brothers if you guys and post your traceroutes to 45.63.24.38 ( VULTR COD SERVERS SYDNEY ). So i can get a look at what ISPs use what network routes to Sydney and from where in NZ. Here's mine currently in Hamilton.

Im specifically looking at QUIC ISP so if anybody has them it would really help me out. My current ISP is PURELINK.

Many thanks.

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#3465312 27-Feb-2026 07:10

Morning, the traces only get so far due to the endpoint not replying to ICMP, but see below for both traceroute and MTR from a Quic connection in Auckland.

traceroute to 45.63.24.38 (45.63.24.38), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  192.168.100.254 (192.168.100.254)  0.427 ms  0.452 ms  0.354 ms
 2  bng1-akl1.vetta.net (103.243.102.32)  2.125 ms  2.167 ms  2.044 ms
 3  core1-akl1.vetta.net (103.243.102.106)  3.041 ms  3.044 ms  3.027 ms
 4  bdr1-syd1.vetta.net (14.102.98.71)  25.611 ms  25.585 ms  25.606 ms
 5  as20473.sydney.megaport.com (103.26.68.93)  25.642 ms  25.614 ms  25.594 ms
 6  10.74.1.186 (10.74.1.186)  29.606 ms  28.487 ms  28.450 ms
 7  10.74.0.162 (10.74.0.162)  25.115 ms  25.269 ms  25.392 ms
 8  * * *

I'd also suggest checking out Atlas RIPE, you'll get a lot of useable info out of this, as well as Globalping, both are great for showing latency and routes for different networks. As is always with internet routing though, all can change in an instant, so results from this morning, may be completely different in an hour, so using these metrics to pick an ISP can be frought.

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#3465315 27-Feb-2026 07:43

Quic here as well, Auckland. 500/100 connection.

Tracing route to 45.63.24.38.vultrusercontent.com [45.63.24.38]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms fritz.box [192.168.69.1]
2 3 ms 2 ms 3 ms bng2-akl2.vetta.net [103.243.102.34]
3 5 ms 3 ms 3 ms core1-akl2.vetta.net [103.243.102.12]
4 26 ms 26 ms 25 ms bdr1-syd1.vetta.net [14.102.98.71]
5 33 ms 26 ms 25 ms as20473.sydney.megaport.com [103.26.68.93]
6 27 ms 33 ms 27 ms 10.74.1.198
7 28 ms 25 ms 27 ms 10.74.0.218
8 * * * Request timed out.

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#3465316 27-Feb-2026 07:52

2degrees in Christchurch

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#3465335 27-Feb-2026 09:22

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tim@fedora:~$ traceroute 45.63.24.38
traceroute to 45.63.24.38 (45.63.24.38), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 _gateway (192.168.1.1) 8.113 ms 8.695 ms 8.899 ms
2 * * *
3 ae5-3.mdr.orcon.net.nz (101.98.5.10) 49.996 ms 50.301 ms 50.283 ms
4 as20473.syd.edgeix.net.au (202.77.88.33) 46.072 ms 46.166 ms 46.149 ms
5 * * *
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 * * *
9 *^C
tim@fedora:~$ mtr --report 45.63.24.38
Start: 2026-02-27T09:17:37+1300
HOST: fedora Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- _gateway 0.0% 10 1.2 4.7 1.2 13.4 4.8
2.|-- default-rdns.vocus.co.nz 0.0% 10 12.4 15.4 5.6 25.6 6.3
3.|-- as9790.syd.edgeix.net.au 10.0% 10 48.3 48.2 37.8 70.5 10.5
4.|-- as20473.syd.edgeix.net.au 0.0% 10 40.9 46.3 39.0 70.2 9.5
5.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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#3465346 27-Feb-2026 09:55

Orcon (2degrees) from Auckland

Tracing route to 45.63.24.38.vultrusercontent.com [45.63.24.38]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms unifi.localdomain [192.168.1.1]
2 3 ms 3 ms 4 ms default-rdns.vocus.co.nz [60.234.8.50]
3 27 ms 28 ms 26 ms as9790.nsw.ix.asn.au [218.100.52.94]
4 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms as20473.nsw.ix.asn.au [218.100.53.14]
5 * * * Request timed out.

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#3465362 27-Feb-2026 10:32

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#3465480 27-Feb-2026 15:21

Routes can and do change depending on a variety of things, but routes to Sydney should be pretty much the same latencies on all NZ ISP's if you live in a major center.

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#3465516 27-Feb-2026 16:11

Main difference with Quic would be all your traffic will go to Auckland first, your current ISP Purelink is locally based and looks to pick up their international connectivity in Hamilton (their handover hop 5 looks to be on hn-br-1.as55850.net) so probably send it directly to Sydney via Tasman Global Access submarine cable.

That wouldn't make much difference to latency though.

Was your traceroute run over WiFi?

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#3465519 27-Feb-2026 16:22

Another example from Auckland on Quic:

But yes as others have said what you get today can change on a whim of the routing tables.

Tracing route to 45.63.24.38.vultrusercontent.com [45.63.24.38]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.253.218.1
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms route10.mentalinc.xyz [192.168.2.1]
3 34 ms 3 ms 4 ms bng1-akl1.vetta.net [103.243.102.32]
4 3 ms 2 ms 3 ms core1-akl1.vetta.net [103.243.102.106]
5 29 ms 25 ms 33 ms bdr1-syd1.vetta.net [14.102.98.71]
6 28 ms 25 ms 30 ms as20473.sydney.megaport.com [103.26.68.93]
7 * 27 ms 26 ms 10.74.1.198
8 27 ms 28 ms 26 ms 10.74.0.218

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#3465520 27-Feb-2026 16:25

From Hamilton, 27ms isn't bad to Sydney.

best you could really hope for is probably about 25ms going out across tga via the Hamilton which as @yitz already pointed out your path already appears to be traveling.

your connection has about 2ms before handing over to the international carrier and atleast half of that is in the initial backhaul for your connection.

There is very little room for improvement here, and the jitter to your own router may be the biggest contender to look at...

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#3465527 27-Feb-2026 16:39

Not that we sell publicly, but I wanted to join in :)

traceroute to 45.63.24.38 (45.63.24.38), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 homerouter.lan 0.286 ms 0.285 ms 1.661 ms
2 akl-gw-0-0-route-7.mintcom.ms 2.282 ms 2.270 ms 2.343 ms
3 akl-tra-1-3-route-m.mintcom.ms 2.133 ms 2.121 ms 2.108 ms
4 10.64.132.242 25.898 ms 25.995 ms 25.873 ms
5 10.64.132.14 25.861 ms 25.958 ms 25.835 ms
6 10.64.132.214 25.822 ms 24.601 ms 24.582 ms
7 10.64.132.5 25.584 ms 25.032 ms 26.310 ms
8 45177.syd.equinix.com 26.297 ms 25.518 ms 25.500 ms
9 as20473.nsw.ix.asn.au 26.778 ms 25.883 ms 25.863 ms
10 10.74.1.190 26.236 ms 27.569 ms 10.74.5.6 (10.74.5.6) 28.543 ms
11 10.74.0.162 25.875 ms 25.834 ms 25.819 ms

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#3465534 27-Feb-2026 17:40

Quic customer in Auckland. Measuring from my home server which is wired via ethernet.

james@jupiter:~$ mtr --report 45.63.24.38
Start: 2026-02-27T17:24:00+1300
HOST: jupiter Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- router.lan 0.0% 10 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0
2.|-- bng2-akl2.vetta.net 0.0% 10 2.0 3.0 1.9 4.1 0.9
3.|-- core1-akl2.vetta.net 0.0% 10 3.7 2.8 1.5 3.7 0.7
4.|-- bdr1-syd1.vetta.net 0.0% 10 26.1 26.1 25.3 26.8 0.5
5.|-- as20473.sydney.megaport.c 0.0% 10 25.2 29.6 25.2 45.2 6.6
6.|-- 10.74.1.198 0.0% 10 27.2 27.0 26.0 29.1 0.9
7.|-- 10.74.0.218 0.0% 10 26.8 25.9 25.3 26.8 0.6
8.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Best/worst is 25.3/26.8 so not too shabby. But agree that it doesn't really matter which RSP you go with for routes to SYD - they all do pretty good given the amount of SYD-bound traffic.

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#3465536 27-Feb-2026 18:00

Hawaiiki cable both ways is a bit over 10 ms extra over the shortest
The old Southern Cross cable also had a protected path via Hawaii which was like 100 ms.

Some ISPs might use Hawaiki as overflow under high traffic conditions.

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#3465541 27-Feb-2026 18:12

Another 2degrees customer in Auckland. Static IP. This is from a wired connection (900/500)

My traceroute [v0.95]
(redacted) (192.168.1.4) -> 45.63.24.38 (45.63.24.38) 2026-02-27T18:08:59+1300
Keys: Help Display mode Restart statistics Order of fields quit
Packets Pings
Host Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev

1. router.(redacted).nz 0.0% 64 0.6 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.2
2. v2.cpchn-hn-bng1.tranzpeer.net 0.0% 64 2.5 2.5 1.9 3.5 0.4
3. as9790.nsw.ix.asn.au 0.0% 64 25.2 26.4 24.7 43.4 3.4
4. as20473.nsw.ix.asn.au 0.0% 64 24.3 52.1 24.3 145.8 31.7
5. (waiting for reply)

I honestly think you'll find all ISPs to Sydney are going to be much of a muchness. Longest hop is (obviously) going to be across the ditch. We generally have good fibre backhaul infrastructure within NZ so if you're in a UFB supplied area you'll be fine.

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#3465621 28-Feb-2026 00:28

Devoli From Hamilton

C:\Users\Admin>tracert 45.63.24.38

Tracing route to 45.63.24.38.vultrusercontent.com [45.63.24.38]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.1.1.1
2 8 ms 6 ms 3 ms ip-203-211-92-1.as45177.net [203.211.92.1]
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 57 ms 26 ms 26 ms as20473.nsw.ix.asn.au [218.100.53.14]
5 28 ms 28 ms 28 ms 10.74.5.6
6 26 ms 26 ms 25 ms 10.74.0.162

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