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by markbnj 2999 days ago
Comcast in Northern NJ USA about 45 MI from NYC

  $ ping 1.1.1.1
  PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=10.8 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=11.3 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=10.7 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=10.9 ms

  PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
  64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=10.7 ms
  64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=11.3 ms
  64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=11.1 ms
  64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=60 time=10.5 ms
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From a residential connection in New Zealand:

    $ ping 1.1.1.1

    Pinging 1.1.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 1.1.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=60
    Reply from 1.1.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=60
    Reply from 1.1.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=60
    Reply from 1.1.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=60

    $ ping 8.8.8.8

    Pinging 8.8.8.8 with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=60
    Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=60
    Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=60
    Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=60
Seems that 1.1.1.1 is even faster than my local ISP's primary DNS:

    $ ping 202.180.64.10

    Pinging 202.180.64.10 with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 202.180.64.10: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=61
    Reply from 202.180.64.10: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=61
    Reply from 202.180.64.10: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=61
    Reply from 202.180.64.10: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=61
Fastest Bigpipe residential connection available in the middle of Auckland:

  $ ping -c 4 1.1.1.1

  PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=29.0 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=27.7 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=30.5 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=28.6 ms
  
  --- 1.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
  4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
  rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 27.731/28.993/30.573/1.028 ms

  $ ping -c 4 8.8.8.8

  PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
  64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=27.7 ms
  64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=30.7 ms
  64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=28.5 ms
  64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=30.6 ms

  --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
  4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3005ms
  rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 27.772/29.409/30.710/1.280 ms
I'm starting to feel I should change ISPs...
On WiFi in Cambridge NZ

  PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=7.65 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=8.53 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=10.2 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=59 time=8.04 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=59 time=7.92 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=59 time=7.85 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=59 time=7.88 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=59 time=7.73 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=59 time=7.73 ms
BigPipe, Spark, Skinny and Vodafone don't believe in peering and thus don't peer with Cloudflare at APE. If you wanted the best performance then 2degrees, Orcon, Voyager or Slingshot are the best for this since they peer.
Vodafone have come to the party and are on AKL-IX now.
Residential in Auckland, NZ (Vibe, UFB)

64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=0.966 ms

Outstanding.

64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=59 time=25.478 ms

Not so great.

Four! I'm getting 14 from fibre in Wellington. Google are 35 ish.