I am wondering if hop 14 is the culprit? When things slow down, soemtimes hop 14 slows down too.
Code:
Tracing route to 106.69-93-205.reverse.theplanet.com [69.93.205.106]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 13 ms 17 ms 13 ms adsl-69-XXX-XX-XXX.dsl.lax.pacbell.net [69.XXX.XX.XXX]
2 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms dist3-vlan60.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [67.114.50.65]
3 12 ms 13 ms 12 ms bb1-g4-0.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.43.141]
4 13 ms 12 ms 13 ms bb2-p3-0.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.191.206]
5 13 ms 13 ms 14 ms core2-p6-0.crrvca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.43.227]
6 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms bb1-p1-0.crrvca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.40.254]
7 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms ex2-p8-0.eqlaca.sbcglobal.net [151.164.41.33]
8 18 ms 55 ms 54 ms ge-6-16.car4.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [151.164.250.169]
9 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms ae-2-52.bbr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.68.102.33]
10 49 ms 49 ms 48 ms ae-0-0.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.109]
11 48 ms 48 ms 48 ms ae-24-52.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.48]
12 49 ms 50 ms 47 ms 4.78.220.10
13 48 ms 51 ms 49 ms vl31.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.29]
14 250 ms 199 ms 198 ms vl21.dsr01.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.127.67]
15 49 ms 49 ms 49 ms vl1.car05.dllstx2.theplanet.com [12.96.160.19]
16 48 ms 51 ms 47 ms 106.69-93-205.reverse.theplanet.com [69.93.205.106]