@damned
I use a fiber-optic direct line connection via Vodafone.
The tracert patch.fantasygrounds.com goes through London from other part of Europe, then to the States. If you need that I can PM that to you.
As for the ping patch.fantasygrounds.com, these are the results now from Europe:
Pinging patch.fantasygrounds.com [70.35.199.236] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 70.35.199.236: bytes=32 time=158ms TTL=52
Reply from 70.35.199.236: bytes=32 time=158ms TTL=52
Reply from 70.35.199.236: bytes=32 time=158ms TTL=52
Reply from 70.35.199.236: bytes=32 time=157ms TTL=52
Ping statistics for 70.35.199.236:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 157ms, Maximum = 158ms, Average = 157ms