FWIW, most speculation can be eliminated with a simple traceroute: 6 te-0-2-0-0-cr01.miami.fl.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.93.149) 83.161 ms 25.235 ms 22.264 ms 7 xe-10-1-0.edge2.Miami1.Level3.net (64.156.8.9) 25.455 ms 31.254 ms 39.878 ms 8 ae-31-51.ebr1.Miami1.Level3.net (4.69.138.94) 56.394 ms 56.829 ms 61.876 ms 9 ae-2-2.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.69.140.133) 88.305 ms 97.700 ms 101.956 ms 10 ae-81-81.csw3.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.69.151.149) 105.718 ms 112.451 ms ae-61-61.csw1.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.69.151.125) 116.147 ms 11 ae-73-73.ebr3.Dallas1.Level3.net (4.69.151.146) 124.239 ms 124.327 ms 127.080 ms 12 ae-3-3.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.69.132.77) 148.655 ms 83.899 ms 83.441 ms 13 ae-6-6.ebr2.SanJose5.Level3.net (4.69.148.202) 97.200 ms 97.450 ms 100.717 ms 14 ae-1-100.ebr1.SanJose5.Level3.net (4.69.148.109) 105.675 ms 110.643 ms ae-5-5.ebr4.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.148.142) 121.534 ms 15 ae-34-34.ebr2.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.153.33) 115.325 ms ae-5-5.ebr1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.148.138) 129.887 ms 130.121 ms 16 ae-62-62.csw1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.153.18) 130.228 ms ae-61-61.csw1.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.153.2) 109.190 ms ae-91-91.csw4.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.153.14) 139.681 ms 17 ae-22-70.car2.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.152.68) 118.715 ms ae-32-80.car2.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.152.132) 121.790 ms ae-42-90.car2.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.69.152.196) 131.790 ms 18 Layer42.car2.SanJose1.Level3.net (4.53.18.242) 91.717 ms 96.110 ms 100.318 ms 19 xe1-3-925.core1.scl.layer42.net (69.36.239.126) 147.051 ms 149.223 ms 149.706 ms 20 ro2.scl01.appliedops.net (67.218.96.58) 115.829 ms 125.489 ms 132.102 ms 21 ge-0-0-1-4028.ro1.sjc01 (208.83.220.112) 142.292 ms 141.739 ms 98.201 ms 22 ge-0-0.cal-cr-0.srstubes.net (74.116.251.2) 100.815 ms 105.488 ms 119.839 ms 23 vlan102.ge-0-3.sth3-core-1.srstubes.net (194.68.0.158) 227.047 ms 197.560 ms 201.478 ms 24 ge-1-2.sth4-dr-1.srstubes.net (194.68.0.166) 210.747 ms 220.879 ms 226.355 ms 25 ge-0-1.moria-cr-1.piratpartiet.net (194.68.0.146) 233.013 ms 237.760 ms 240.525 ms 26 thepiratebay.piratpartiet.se (194.14.56.29) 246.535 ms 249.101 ms 251.711 ms 27 * * * 28 * * * 29 * * * 30 * * *