Trace to WoW server during 400-1000ms 1pm on sunday afternoon:
Tracing route to 80-239-181-92.customer.teliacarrier.com [80.239.181.92]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms
www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
2 27 ms 26 ms 27 ms 217.47.19.122
3 25 ms 26 ms 25 ms 217.47.19.161
4 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 217.41.176.13
5 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 217.41.176.126
6 26 ms 26 ms 27 ms 217.41.176.46
7 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms 217.47.19.178
8 27 ms 26 ms 27 ms core1-pos4-1.sheffield.ukcore.bt.net [217.32.171.181]
9 40 ms 28 ms 30 ms core1-pos8-0.birmingham.ukcore.bt.net [62.6.204.146]
10 32 ms 34 ms 34 ms core1-te0/5/0/4.ilford.ukcore.bt.net [194.74.77.173]
11 32 ms 32 ms 31 ms transit2-gig7/0/0.ilford.ukcore.bt.net [194.74.77.174]
12 33 ms 33 ms 34 ms t2c2-ge14-0-0.uk-ilf.eu.bt.net [166.49.168.121]
13 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms t2c1-p3-3.uk-lon1.eu.bt.net [166.49.164.97]
14 33 ms 34 ms 33 ms t2a1-ge4-0-0.uk-lon1.eu.bt.net [166.49.135.102]
15 34 ms 34 ms 34 ms 166-49-211-34.eu.bt.net [166.49.211.34]
16 34 ms 34 ms 34 ms ldn-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.251.18]
17 40 ms 39 ms 40 ms prs-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.254.209]
18 40 ms 46 ms 39 ms prs-b4-link.telia.net [80.91.251.114]
19 40 ms 40 ms 41 ms prs-nant-ks51-geth0-1.telia.net [213.248.98.74]
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.
Trace complete.
Trace to Jolt:
Tracing route to clarity.jolt.co.uk [195.149.21.11]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms
www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
2 27 ms 26 ms 26 ms 217.47.19.122
3 * 26 ms 26 ms 217.41.167.161
4 29 ms 28 ms 27 ms 217.41.176.9
5 27 ms 27 ms * 217.41.176.66
6 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms 217.41.176.126
7 27 ms 26 ms 28 ms 217.41.176.62
8 27 ms 26 ms 26 ms 217.47.111.114
9 26 ms 26 ms 25 ms 217.32.171.213
10 29 ms 29 ms 29 ms core1-pos8-0.birmingham.ukcore.bt.net [62.6.204.146]
11 33 ms 32 ms 33 ms core1-pos0-9-0-0.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [194.74.65.121]
12 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms core1-pos5-0-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [194.74.65.122]
13 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms g3-14.cr05.tn5.bb.pipex.net [194.143.164.9]
14 73 ms 43 ms 45 ms g2-48-5.ar01.tn5.bb.pipex.net [62.72.140.14]
15 33 ms * 67 ms ge-0-0-0-3801.jolt-gw.cust.pipex.net [212.241.241.14]
16 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms clarity.jolt.co.uk [195.149.21.11]
Trace complete.
Yes there was a big patch in early december, one of the biggest PvP changes since the expansion launched.
This is all coming together, but the trace routes mean nothing to me!