Lo all, just thought I would point out that when I tracert I am also getting a relatively slow hop to the hub.
Must be a common thing rather than perhaps just a certain scenario.
One little, probably incorrect thought - on my machine I have the DNS client service disabled since I think that having a local DNS cache can be a pain. Perhaps this first hop is slower due to DNS resolution? Probably wrong, but worth a mention. I am no expert on DNS, internet routing whatever etc.
Tracing route to
www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.226.232]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 41 ms 99 ms 99 ms BThomehub.home [192.168.1.1]
2 45 ms 42 ms 42 ms 217.47.130.58
3 40 ms 41 ms 41 ms 217.47.130.161
4 44 ms 41 ms 42 ms 217.41.175.29
5 42 ms 43 ms 41 ms 217.41.175.65
6 42 ms 41 ms 42 ms 217.41.175.130
7 41 ms 42 ms 41 ms 217.41.175.42
8 75 ms 59 ms 41 ms 217.41.191.113
9 42 ms 41 ms 41 ms 194.72.31.81
10 74 ms 49 ms 43 ms core1-pos11-3.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [62.6.204.29]
11 44 ms 43 ms 43 ms core1-pos1-0-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [62.6.201
.82]
12 42 ms 45 ms 42 ms 194.74.65.6
13 44 ms 43 ms 43 ms 212.58.238.153
14 43 ms 43 ms 41 ms 212.58.238.157
15 43 ms 43 ms 43 ms 212.58.226.232
Trace complete.