Here's a sample of ping to hitechcreations.com
Pinging
www.hitechcreations.com [216.91.192.19]with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.91.192.19: bytes=32 time=227ms TTL: 240
Reply from 216.91.192.19: bytes=32 time=226ms TTL: 240
Reply from 216.91.192.19: bytes=32 time=205ms TTL: 240
Reply from 216.91.192.19: bytes=32 time=192ms TTL: 240
Ping statistics for 216.91.192.19:
Packets: Sent=4, Recieved=4, Loss=0% <0% Loss>, Approximate time in milli-seconds: Minimum=192ms, Maximum=227ms, Average=212ms
For the past 2-3 days I've been cursed with extreme text lag, usually a precusor to a long red beacon or disco. I sometimes get discoed with out the beacon changing from green. There are times when I relog I only get a small amount of names on the roster list. Refreshing cures this every once in awhile. I also notice others get discoed at the same time ie. I'm in SC using mindspring and get discoed, at the same time my brother in Miami FL (not sure what ISP but it's not mindspring) gets discoed.
Hope this helps. Let me know if I can do anything else to help identify whats going on.
Cya up there,
Apeboy