rendered paste bodytransit to South Africa.
Pinging end destination - via USA and Hongkong
voice:~# mtr --report 41.244.249.13
HOST: voice.txrx.org.uk Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1. 192.168.100.230 0.0% 10 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.1
2. extrt-int.txrx.org.uk 0.0% 10 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.6 0.1
3. careless.aaisp.net.uk 0.0% 10 24.7 24.4 23.8 25.3 0.4
4. needless.aaisp.net.uk 0.0% 10 25.6 25.3 23.7 27.7 1.2
5. ge-2-0-216.ipcolo2.London1.L 0.0% 10 32.8 26.0 24.2 32.8 2.6
6. ae-11-55.car1.London1.Level3 10.0% 10 24.5 35.8 24.0 68.2 16.6
7. xe-3-3.r01.londen03.uk.bb.gi 0.0% 10 25.3 32.8 24.1 85.5 19.4
8. xe-0-1-0.r23.londen03.uk.bb. 0.0% 10 25.7 26.8 24.9 29.8 1.6
9. p64-1-0-0.r20.nycmny01.us.bb 0.0% 10 92.3 93.9 92.3 95.5 0.9
10. as-2.r21.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin. 0.0% 10 179.6 179.5 177.8 181.2 1.0
11. ae-0.r20.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin. 0.0% 10 184.8 184.6 183.3 186.0 0.9
12. p64-2-2-0.r20.osakjp01.jp.bb 0.0% 10 291.6 291.7 288.3 308.1 5.9
13. as-2.r01.newthk01.hk.bb.gin. 10.0% 10 335.4 338.6 335.4 354.2 5.9
14. 203.131.240.202 0.0% 10 337.7 338.0 337.0 339.5 0.8
15. 203.131.243.18 0.0% 10 292.3 291.1 289.5 294.2 1.3
16. hkg-ip-dir-hongkong-pos-2-3- 10.0% 10 455.4 457.5 455.2 461.1 2.8
17. 196.43.18.41 10.0% 10 291.5 290.8 289.2 292.0 0.9
18. rrba-ip-lir-1-pos-6-2.telkom 10.0% 10 454.4 456.0 454.4 458.4 1.3
19. 196.43.23.181 10.0% 10 445.5 444.3 442.7 446.7 1.4
20. nngy-ip-esr-2-gig-6-1-0-606. 10.0% 10 448.3 444.6 442.3 448.3 1.8
21. nngy-ip-esr-2-gig-6-1-0-606. 10.0% 10 443.5 444.3 442.2 450.3 2.6
22. dsl-244-249-13.telkomadsl.co 10.0% 10 454.4 453.4 452.2 454.4 0.8
And if I ping the previous hop:
voice:~# mtr --report nngy-ip-esr-2-gig-6-1-0-606.telkom-ipnet.co.za
HOST: voice.txrx.org.uk Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1. 192.168.100.230 0.0% 10 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.1
2. extrt-int.txrx.org.uk 0.0% 10 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.8 0.2
3. careless.aaisp.net.uk 0.0% 10 23.1 24.4 22.9 26.2 1.0
4. needless.aaisp.net.uk 0.0% 10 25.2 24.9 23.8 25.8 0.6
5. ge-2-0-216.ipcolo2.London1.L 0.0% 10 26.0 25.0 24.4 26.0 0.6
6. ae-25-52.car5.London1.Level3 0.0% 10 26.2 27.1 24.0 45.6 6.5
7. cetcrt001-gig2-1.scee.net 0.0% 10 26.1 25.6 24.1 27.0 0.9
8. 196.43.23.181 0.0% 10 202.5 200.1 198.5 202.5 1.2
9. nngy-ip-esr-2-gig-6-1-0-606. 10.0% 10 199.9 200.3 198.6 202.1 1.1
I get much shorter latentcy and half the hops.
Why?