Ping!

[#1]

Why is it that (off-peak) I get a really short ping time to the BBC, whilst I get a really long one accessing Plusnet?
It's the reverse of what I would have expected.

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PING bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=1 ttl=122 time=10.6 ms 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=2 ttl=122 time=11.1 ms 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=3 ttl=122 time=10.2 ms 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=4 ttl=122 time=12.3 ms 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=5 ttl=122 time=9.92 ms 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=6 ttl=122 time=9.91 ms 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=7 ttl=122 time=9.95 ms 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=8 ttl=122 time=10.3 ms 64 bytes from virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.224.138): icmp_seq=9 ttl=122 time=11.9 ms ^C --- bbc.co.uk ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 9 received, 0% packet loss, time 8036ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 9.912/10.721/12.381/0.859 ms

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PING plus.net (212.159.8.2) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from portal.plus.net (212.159.8.2): icmp_seq=1 ttl=248 time=66.2 ms 64 bytes from portal.plus.net (212.159.8.2): icmp_seq=2 ttl=248 time=65.7 ms 64 bytes from portal.plus.net (212.159.8.2): icmp_seq=3 ttl=248 time=112 ms 64 bytes from portal.plus.net (212.159.8.2): icmp_seq=4 ttl=248 time=43.2 ms 64 bytes from portal.plus.net (212.159.8.2): icmp_seq=5 ttl=248 time=56.2 ms 64 bytes from portal.plus.net (212.159.8.2): icmp_seq=6 ttl=248 time=52.3 ms ^C --- plus.net ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5023ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 43.289/66.052/112.443/22.188 ms