Distance is one thing.
The main thing is about connection between ISPs.
I remember playing PlanetSide on US servers from Europe. The ping is around 10-20ms. The ISPs have direct peering among themselves.

My ping is usually aroung 500 to 600 ms. Never go below 400 though

i think a little more info on where u are might help too =p

For me i'm in ss2 area. with streamyx
i get an avg of 550+- ping

before u used the the time webbit wireless bb connection to the manshoon tower i get 750+- ping.

both playable. but of course the 500 has a noticibly a little faster.

for me the ping is always above 400 and sometimes it spikes.

Last time the ping is much better then now after the so called "Upgrade" from TM.nut.

Last time there are double digit special IP's that are very good for games but after the "UPGRADE" that tm.nut have proclaimed every single IP is the same now (All very bad ping) except for 218.x.x.x ips.

my ping for 219.95 reached 1.5k at night

Latency 300-500+

This post has been edited by Darlie: Mar 8 2006, 04:00 PM