Besides the point, 18 hops to get to HN via my colo server in London, UK; what is cogentco doing with the excessive routing?
1 24 ms 24 ms 25 ms 10.0.0.1
2 32 ms 25 ms 24 ms x.x.x.x
3 28 ms 28 ms 27 ms core-router-b-nlc.netwise.co.uk [185.17.175.246]
4 29 ms 25 ms 25 ms core-router-hex.netwise.co.uk [185.17.175.240]
5 29 ms 25 ms 26 ms te0-7-0-17.505.rcr21.b015534-1.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com [216.168.64.16]
6 27 ms 25 ms 25 ms be2186.ccr22.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.61.70]
7 27 ms 25 ms 28 ms be2870.ccr41.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.58.173]
8 94 ms 93 ms 94 ms be2317.ccr41.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.30.185]
9 103 ms 100 ms 100 ms be2806.ccr41.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.106]
10 118 ms 117 ms 117 ms be2112.ccr41.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.7.158]
11 130 ms 130 ms 134 ms be2687.ccr41.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.28.70]
12 147 ms 146 ms 181 ms be2927.ccr21.elp01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.29.222]
13 155 ms 155 ms 156 ms be2930.ccr32.phx01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.42.77]
14 172 ms 348 ms 192 ms be2941.rcr52.san01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.41.33]
15 198 ms 202 ms 205 ms te0-0-2-0.rcr12.san03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.82.70]
16 209 ms 165 ms 165 ms te0-0-2-3.nr11.b006590-1.san03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.24.18.194]
17 166 ms 171 ms 203 ms 38.96.10.250
18 165 ms 162 ms 162 ms news.ycombinator.com [209.216.230.240]