Network latency to Slashdot from Tempe, AZ on CenturyLink DSL

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# From Tempe, AZ (85282) via CenturyLink DSL (far from the central office)

$ ping slashdot.org -c 10 -q
PING slashdot.org (216.34.181.45) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- slashdot.org ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9008ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 88.883/245.249/302.170/86.343 ms

$ traceroute slashdot.org
traceroute to slashdot.org (216.34.181.45), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  10.6.6.1 (10.6.6.1)  0.337 ms  0.498 ms  0.591 ms
 2  phnx-dsl-gw47-239.phnx.qwest.net (67.40.227.239)  234.531 ms  234.919 ms  234.930 ms
 3  phnx-agw1.inet.qwest.net (75.160.237.113)  234.987 ms  235.440 ms  235.445 ms
 4  lap-brdr-03.inet.qwest.net (67.14.22.78)  247.454 ms  247.477 ms  248.089 ms
 5  63-235-40-86.dia.static.qwest.net (63.235.40.86)  247.876 ms  247.883 ms  248.345 ms
 6  cr1-tengig-0-5-0-0.lay.savvis.net (204.70.198.5)  251.859 ms  248.482 ms  248.387 ms
 7  206.28.96.221 (206.28.96.221)  297.125 ms  297.259 ms  297.544 ms
 8  hr1-te-12-0-1.elkgrovech3.savvis.net (204.70.198.73)  298.324 ms  298.473 ms  298.325 ms
 9  das6-v3033.ch3.savvis.net (64.37.207.162)  302.454 ms  302.461 ms  301.985 ms
10  64.27.160.198 (64.27.160.198)  298.995 ms  311.950 ms  298.995 ms
11  slashdot.org (216.34.181.45)  300.218 ms  299.763 ms  301.083 ms