Not seeing any problems here once I leave my pipex backbone:
Code:
$ traceroute www.hexus.net
traceroute to www.hexus.net (195.78.94.240), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100) 1.200 ms 1.933 ms 1.915 ms
2 62.241.167.251 (62.241.167.251) 37.241 ms 43.485 ms 43.656 ms
3 62.241.167.37 (62.241.167.37) 44.174 ms 48.561 ms 49.265 ms
4 pc2.cr05.hx2.bb.pipex.net (62.72.143.49) 49.528 ms 52.826 ms 53.768 ms
5 ge0-1.lonap.lon.rapidswitch.com (193.203.5.86) 64.262 ms 64.393 ms 64.805
6 lonap-gw1.openpeers.net (193.203.5.168) 62.412 ms 38.666 ms 36.687 ms
7 195.78.94.240 (195.78.94.240) 36.121 ms 39.597 ms 40.468 ms
Code:
$ traceroute forums.hexus.net
traceroute to forums.hexus.net (195.78.94.239), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100) 0.714 ms 1.115 ms 1.889 ms
2 62.241.167.251 (62.241.167.251) 37.332 ms 40.693 ms 43.535 ms
3 62.241.167.25 (62.241.167.25) 44.082 ms 48.402 ms 49.679 ms
4 pc3.cr05.hx2.bb.pipex.net (62.72.143.53) 51.471 ms 51.625 ms 53.941 ms
5 ge0-1.lonap.lon.rapidswitch.com (193.203.5.86) 56.129 ms 58.309 ms 58.768 ms
6 lonap-gw1.openpeers.net (193.203.5.168) 62.529 ms 36.110 ms 35.283 ms
7 195.78.94.239 (195.78.94.239) 39.546 ms 40.176 ms 42.952 ms
Sometimes it's also worth tracing other related sites. Wireshark shows connections to the following ads servers, among others, that can sometimes cause delays:
hexusads.fluent.ltd.uk
hexus.uk.smarttargetting.com
hexus.uk.intellitxt.com
adserver.adtech.de
x86adserv005.adtech.de
^^ adding these to your hosts file can speed up your browsing experience at HEXUS no end