So, I've been steadily playing with 29-31 ping for around a year now, until like 3-4 weeks ago.

here's my old tracert to german server

8 8 ms 6 ms 6 ms xe-1-2-0-0.stk30.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.67.197]
9 28 ms 39 ms 27 ms xe-10-1-0.fra21.ip4.tinet.net [89.149.184.62]
10 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms 80.95.144.192
11 31 ms 27 ms 27 ms quakelive-hosted-by.i3d.net [91.198.152.212]

here's one from 3ish weeks ago

7 7 ms 6 ms 7 ms tuk1-tr1.dnaip.fi [62.78.107.51]
8 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms xe-0-2-0.stk10.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.74.133]
9 33 ms 32 ms 32 ms xe-10-0-0.fra21.ip4.tinet.net [89.149.184.85]
10 33 ms 33 ms 32 ms 80.95.144.192
11 40 ms 32 ms 32 ms quakelive-hosted-by.i3d.net [91.198.152.226]

and here's one from today:

7 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms tuk1-tr1.dnaip.fi [62.78.107.51]
8 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms xe-0-2-0.stk10.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.74.133]
9 38 ms 37 ms 53 ms xe-10-0-0.fra21.ip4.tinet.net [89.149.184.85]
10 38 ms 37 ms 37 ms 80.95.144.192
11 43 ms 37 ms 37 ms quakelive-hosted-by.i3d.net [91.198.152.137]

I've talked with some guys on irc about it and have heard that others have experienced the same, can we do anything else about it than just mail them and cry? ~30% ping increase is definately noticeable, especially after playing with lower ping for a year :( It was even back to 29-31 on wednesday this week, but increased back to 40-50 after a few hours. I understand that I'm one of the few lucky ones who actually ping that well in the first place, but there are other fininsh players who went from 35-40 to 55-60.. :E