Is there an issue with one of the PN gateways?

[#1]

I get these pings:
1    1 ms    1 ms    2 ms  www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
2    55 ms    37 ms    27 ms  lo0-plusnet.ptn-ag2.plus.net [195.166.128.53]
3    30 ms    33 ms    38 ms  gi2-2-204.ptn-gw02.plus.net [84.92.3.93]
4  235 ms  231 ms  216 ms  te2-2.pte-gw2.plus.net [212.159.1.106]
5    29 ms    49 ms    56 ms  linx1.orbital.net [195.66.225.93]
I don't seem to be able to switch gateways to avoid te2-2 which is making many websites unresponsive (well I get the "is taking too long to respond" error).
I notice that there are BB issues noted, but it doesn't seem to do with this particular gateway.
Anyone else noticed anything strange?

[#2]

I am hoping so yes. I have had a nightmare with the internet in general this last month, all I need now is more plusnet problems
You are currently connected to the "Telehouse East, Juniper 4" gateway. This gateway is sometimes known as pte-ag2.
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.138]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    10 ms  100 ms    99 ms  dsldevice.lan [192.168.1.254]
  2  122 ms  100 ms    93 ms  lo0-plusnet.pte-ag2.plus.net [195.166.128.72]
  3  203 ms  207 ms  217 ms  ge0-0-0-504.pte-gw2.plus.net [84.92.4.90]
  4  101 ms    94 ms    63 ms  vl23.thn-gw2.plus.net [212.159.4.20]
  5    81 ms    94 ms  123 ms  rt0.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.25]
  6  174 ms  198 ms  200 ms  212.58.238.149
  7    89 ms  124 ms    93 ms  virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.138]
Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.138] with 32 bytes of dat
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=107ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=120ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=121
I have a 2000ping on Ventrilo. I keep getting signed out of Xfire and other internet applications. Whats going on 

[#3]

It has been VERY bad for me every evening for a week or two. Download is approx 1/3 of upload speeds.
ADSL2+, router is left on & is synced at > 3000 Kbps (using Routerstats) . All is OK the next morning until the next evening, even though router does NOT resync.
iPlayer is impossible, even websites are worse than I remember it being on dialup
Hope Plusnet resolve this soon or I will be going elsewhere when my 12 months are up.
BT speedtester result;
Download speedachieved during the test was - 170 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 400-2000 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :3276 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 736 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 2000 Kbps
Tracing route to newswww.bbc.net.uk [212.58.226.75]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
 1     4 ms     4 ms     4 ms  192.168.0.101
 2     *     2455 ms  1435 ms  lo0.homesurf.thn-ag2.plus.net [195.166.128.94]
 3   791 ms    95 ms   254 ms  vl605.thn-gw1.plus.net [84.92.4.177]
 4  1063 ms  1549 ms   800 ms  te2-3.thn-gw2.plus.net [212.159.1.58]
 5   861 ms   699 ms    39 ms  rt0.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.25]
 6    29 ms    29 ms    28 ms  212.58.238.149
 7    38 ms    30 ms    31 ms  212.58.239.62
 8    30 ms    28 ms    27 ms  newslb306.telhc.bbc.co.uk [212.58.226.75]
Trace complete.

[#4]

http://usertools.plus.net/status/archive/1260392904.htm explains some specific issues (external to the PN network - specifically Linx) which mean transatlantic traffic has been bad tonight.

[#5]

About thirty minutes ago our network engineers made some temporary routing changes on our network that should have helped to alleviate these problems.
lol apparently true
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.138]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  1    83 ms    99 ms    99 ms  dsldevice.lan [192.168.1.254]
  2    32 ms    30 ms    34 ms  lo0-plusnet.pte-ag2.plus.net [195.166.128.72]
  3    28 ms    28 ms    28 ms  ge0-0-0-504.pte-gw2.plus.net [84.92.4.90]
  4    27 ms    29 ms    28 ms  vl23.thn-gw2.plus.net [212.159.4.20]
  5    28 ms    27 ms    29 ms  rt0.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.25]
  6    28 ms    27 ms    28 ms  212.58.238.149
  7    28 ms    27 ms    27 ms  virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.138]