I have seen alot of complaints so far involving latency issues.
I have a couple of observations on this, maybe someone can tell
me if I am way off base here.....
I too just ran a ping test...actually I ran it several times, some on the same response server,
and some on a different server. The results I got were never the same. Sometimes it was more,
sometimes less. This leads me to conclude that the net is not a constant, but rather subject to
such frailties as traffic load, end point load, server response time, ect. I fail to see how any of the
so called "speed tests" could be of any real value when trying to judge a network connection.
I think a more valuable tool would be a "network load" response from a server showing the traffic
load at a given point and then giving a speed response. I guess the point is I am not convinced that
"latency" is the issue.
Another thing to consider...
Many times, when I run a program, my little firewall guard dog lets me know that other things I did
not ask to run wish to access the net...now without this little bit of info, I would never know that
other items were attempting to access the net without my permission. While most of this may be
traced to update modules attempting to run, or some other service trying to run, it does affect system and network response speeds, especially if avast is trying to scan it all, (doing it's job).
I strongly encourage a more in depth look at a system before applying a "knee-jerk" reaction which
may not lead you to the real cause.
Just my opinion
Edit: Added a screenshot of my test.