I've just noticed that I seem to be getting quite high latency to some(?) Spark IPs:
Tracing route to 122-61-211-xxx-adsl.sparkbb.co.nz [122.61.211.xxx]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 12.7.69.111.static.snap.net.nz [111.69.7.12]
3 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms 38.27.69.111.static.snap.net.nz [111.69.27.38]
4 151 ms 150 ms 150 ms 39.27.69.111.static.snap.net.nz [111.69.27.39]
5 153 ms 153 ms 155 ms ae9-42.akcr11.global-gateway.net.nz [122.56.127.33]
6 * * 151 ms mdr-ip24-dom.msc.global-gateway.net.nz [122.56.116.10]
7 170 ms 164 ms 165 ms 122-61-208-1-adsl.sparkbb.co.nz [122.61.208.1]
8 171 ms 171 ms 172 ms 122-61-211-xxx-adsl.sparkbb.co.nz [122.61.211.xxx]
That's going from Christchurch (2degrees 200/20 UFB) to Darfield (Bigpipe ADSL), but even if it's going the long way via Auckland its still rather high. Here's what it looks like going the other way:
traceroute to 151.210.219.xxx (151.210.219.xxx), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 125-239-11-1-adsl.sparkbb.co.nz (125.239.11.1) 10.081 ms 9.936 ms 10.908 ms
2 * * *
3 ae8-10.akbr6.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.116.5) 24.274 ms 24.817 ms 24.730 ms
4 ae7-2.akbr7.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.119.53) 24.649 ms 23.801 ms 24.166 ms
5 ae10-10.tkbr12.global-gateway.net.nz (202.50.232.29) 25.157 ms xe-7-0-3.sjbr3.global-gateway.net.nz (203.96.120.134) 149.604 ms xe7-0-8-10.sjbr3.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.127.14) 149.204 ms
6 ae0.pabr5.global-gateway.net.nz (203.96.120.74) 149.207 ms 149.310 ms xe-0-0-7-3.sjbr3.global-gateway.net.nz (202.50.232.18) 149.311 ms
7 ae3-10.sjbr3.global-gateway.net.nz (122.56.127.25) 155.646 ms 153.093 ms 153.144 ms
8 ae0.pabr5.global-gateway.net.nz (203.96.120.74) 153.254 ms ae-15.r02.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.119) 155.006 ms ae0.pabr5.global-gateway.net.nz (203.96.120.74) 162.946 ms
9 ae-8.r06.plalca01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.203.41) 160.822 ms ae-2.a00.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.58) 150.010 ms ae-8.r06.plalca01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.203.41) 157.757 ms
10 ae-2.a00.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.58) 150.410 ms xe-0-0-24-3.a00.snjsca04.us.ce.gin.ntt.net (129.250.200.102) 153.347 ms ae-15.r02.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.4.119) 160.546 ms
11 ae-2.a00.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net (129.250.3.58) 155.557 ms 155.833 ms *
12 151.210.219.xxx (151.210.219.xxx) 171.133 ms 179.767 ms
I get a similar result to spark.co.nz itself:
Tracing route to spark.co.nz [146.171.248.36]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 12.7.69.111.static.snap.net.nz [111.69.7.12]
3 26 ms 26 ms 25 ms 38.27.69.111.static.snap.net.nz [111.69.27.38]
4 151 ms 151 ms 150 ms 39.27.69.111.static.snap.net.nz [111.69.27.39]
5 153 ms 153 ms 160 ms ae9-42.akcr11.global-gateway.net.nz [122.56.127.33]
6 147 ms 146 ms 146 ms spark-sdn-ak1-dom.akcr11.global-gateway.net.nz [203.96.65.198]
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
I don't suppose anyone else is getting funky results to similar IPs - say from 2degrees to 122.61.211.xxx ? I'll likely throw their support an email either this evening or tomorrow, and some more tracerts wouldn't go amiss when I do so.