Just recently I have been getting huge pings to bigpond server (such as game arena etc). Anyone else have this issue?

C:\Users\Mikey>ping netspace.net.au

Pinging netspace.net.au [210.15.254.234] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 210.15.254.234: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=252
Reply from 210.15.254.234: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=252
Reply from 210.15.254.234: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=252
Reply from 210.15.254.234: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=252

Ping statistics for 210.15.254.234:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 62ms, Maximum = 62ms, Average = 62ms

C:\Users\Mikey>ping bigpond.com

Pinging bigpond.com [144.135.18.32] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 144.135.18.32: bytes=32 time=223ms TTL=246
Reply from 144.135.18.32: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=246
Reply from 144.135.18.32: bytes=32 time=221ms TTL=246
Reply from 144.135.18.32: bytes=32 time=221ms TTL=246

Ping statistics for 144.135.18.32:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 220ms, Maximum = 223ms, Average = 221ms

C:\Users\Mikey>ping abc.net.au

Pinging abc.net.au [202.6.74.117] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 202.6.74.117:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Mikey>ping gamearena.com.au

Pinging gamearena.com.au [203.46.104.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 203.46.104.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Users\Mikey>ping egn.net.au

Pinging egn.net.au [203.24.101.77] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 203.24.101.77: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=58
Reply from 203.24.101.77: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=58
Reply from 203.24.101.77: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=58
Reply from 203.24.101.77: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 203.24.101.77:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 100ms, Maximum = 102ms, Average = 101ms

C:\Users\Mikey>ping australia.gov.au

Pinging australia.gov.au [152.91.62.145] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 152.91.62.145: bytes=32 time=176ms TTL=114
Reply from 152.91.62.145: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=114
Reply from 152.91.62.145: bytes=32 time=189ms TTL=114
Reply from 152.91.62.145: bytes=32 time=190ms TTL=114

Ping statistics for 152.91.62.145:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 176ms, Maximum = 190ms, Average = 186ms

C:\Users\Mikey>

Yeah me too even tried a few other game servers like internode. Do you get disconnected between 12:00am -12:45am most nights of the week?

This is the first night I have noticed any problems. I'm not getting disconnections tonight, just god awful pings =(

Ping's don't prove much.

You need to do some trace routes to show why the latency is so bad.

Im getting this also for around the last 5 days, seems to be most servers are effected, not just gamearena, pings 4 to 5 times normal. For me it begins at 12am and usually clears up around 1.30 am - 2 am.

Seems fine for me, except the netspace ping which is unusually high:

Ping has started ...

PING bigpond.com (144.135.18.32): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=41.690 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=41.477 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=41.255 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=3 ttl=246 time=41.616 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=4 ttl=246 time=55.207 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=5 ttl=246 time=42.573 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=6 ttl=246 time=41.273 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=7 ttl=246 time=41.090 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=8 ttl=246 time=41.483 ms
64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=9 ttl=246 time=41.736 ms

--- bigpond.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 41.090/42.940/55.207/4.107 ms

Ping has started ...

PING games.internode.on.net (203.26.94.189): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=105.435 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=105.232 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 time=109.854 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=3 ttl=58 time=101.471 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=4 ttl=58 time=85.858 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=5 ttl=58 time=67.411 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=6 ttl=58 time=106.804 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=7 ttl=58 time=115.497 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=8 ttl=58 time=101.959 ms
64 bytes from 203.26.94.189: icmp_seq=9 ttl=58 time=102.686 ms

--- games.internode.on.net ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 67.411/100.221/115.497/13.097 ms

Ping has started ...

PING netspace.net.au (210.15.254.234): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=0 ttl=252 time=100.521 ms
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=2 ttl=252 time=100.576 ms
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=3 ttl=252 time=90.162 ms
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=4 ttl=252 time=101.811 ms
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=5 ttl=252 time=109.368 ms
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=6 ttl=252 time=107.787 ms
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=7 ttl=252 time=88.790 ms
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=8 ttl=252 time=96.888 ms
64 bytes from 210.15.254.234: icmp_seq=9 ttl=252 time=102.351 ms

--- netspace.net.au ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 9 packets received, 10% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 88.790/99.806/109.368/6.579 ms

i noticed this to around 8-9pm last night. Playing on Game Arena TF2 and my latency was hovering at 400ms.....I think this is happening more frequently.