Brett_Tabke - 8:32 am on Oct 21, 2000 (gmt 0)

Ping is ok, but a trace route could tell you more about the numbers.

C:\>ping webmasterworld.com
Pinging webmasterworld.com [216.71.185.24] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.71.185.24: bytes=32 time=137ms TTL=53
Reply from 216.71.185.24: bytes=32 time=129ms TTL=53
Reply from 216.71.185.24: bytes=32 time=128ms TTL=53
Reply from 216.71.185.24: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 216.71.185.24:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 126ms, Maximum = 137ms, Average = 130ms

C:\>tracert webmasterworld.com

Tracing route to webmasterworld.com [216.71.185.24]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

4 105 ms 102 ms 104 ms ins-core1-atm5-1.desm.netINS.net [167.142.57.65]
5 115 ms 112 ms 113 ms 901.Hssi4-0.GW1.MSP1.ALTER.NET [157.130.96.145]
6 122 ms 122 ms 121 ms 151.ATM1-0.XR2.CHI4.ALTER.NET [146.188.209.110]
7 120 ms 121 ms 120 ms 190.ATM7-0.XR2.CHI6.ALTER.NET [146.188.208.134]
8 122 ms 125 ms 124 ms 190.ATM9-0-0.GW2.CHI6.ALTER.NET [146.188.208.189]
9 128 ms 125 ms 124 ms UU-ds3.axxs.net [157.130.101.114]
10 130 ms 129 ms 129 ms webmasterworld.com [216.71.185.24]

Trace complete.

Notice that anything slow isn't with the server system, it is all before the system.