Now, strangely enough I am occasionally experiencing the same problem today. But only on a few sites and not consistently. I'm wondering if it's a packet loss issue?
I find it very strange that you get a longer reponse time pinging Google by IP address. Here are my results for pinging Google.
ping
Pinging
[66.249.93.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.249.93.99: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=240
Reply from 66.249.93.99: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=240
Reply from 66.249.93.99: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=240
Reply from 66.249.93.99: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=240
Ping statistics for 66.249.93.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 41ms, Maximum = 43ms, Average = 42ms
ping 66.249.93.104
Pinging 66.249.93.104 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=240
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=240
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=240
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=240
Ping statistics for 66.249.93.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 41ms, Maximum = 42ms, Average = 41ms
Try pinging a problem site with a big packet lots of times - i,e.
ping -l 1400 -n 50 bbc.co.uk
(ping the bbc with a 1400 byte packet 50 times)
Try a few sites and see whether and what sort of packet loss you are getting.
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