Hey mate, where abouts do you live may I ask?
I live in SE England and got a crazy ping rate just before midnight Wed (24th). I've had this a few times now but doesn't normally last long enough for me to do a trace.
Here's one I've gotten so far:
NORMAL: (Working)
Tracing route to 213.208.199.98 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 18 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.47.250.122
2 18 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.47.200.161
3 20 ms 19 ms 29 ms 217.41.170.17
4 18 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.41.170.114
5 16 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.41.170.50
6 15 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.47.200.113
7 18 ms 19 ms 19 ms management1-e-0-0.ealing.midband.bt.net [194.72.
20.113]
8 25 ms 19 ms 19 ms core1-pos14-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [194.74.65
.133]
9 17 ms 19 ms 19 ms pos3-3-pr1.LON.router.COLT.NET [212.74.64.241]
10 24 ms 29 ms 29 ms pos9-0-cr1.AMS.router.colt.net [212.74.66.53]
11 30 ms 29 ms 29 ms fa3-0-dr1.AMS.router.colt.net [212.78.160.106]
12 36 ms 39 ms 39 ms 213.208.199.98
Trace complete.
TROUBLED
Tracing route to 213.208.199.98 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 20 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.47.250.122
2 13 ms 18 ms 20 ms 217.47.250.161
3 16 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.41.170.21
4 18 ms 20 ms 19 ms 217.41.170.118
5 16 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.41.170.54
6 14 ms 19 ms 19 ms 217.47.250.113
7 21 ms 19 ms 19 ms core1-pos11-2.ilford.ukcore.bt.net [194.72.20.11
3]
8 * * 20 ms core1-pos13-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [194.74.65
.117]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 15 ms 20 ms 19 ms t2a1-ge6-1.uk-lon1.eu.bt.net [166.49.135.123]
12 18 ms 19 ms 19 ms LINX-ge7-0-oscar.LON.router.COLT.net [195.66.224
.49]
13 25 ms 28 ms 20 ms pos9-0-cr1.AMS.router.colt.net [212.74.66.53]
14 28 ms 29 ms 29 ms fa3-0-dr1.AMS.router.colt.net [212.78.160.106]
15 144 ms 149 ms 139 ms 213.208.199.98
Trace complete.
http://ajunction.co.uk/ftp/andy/ryzom/screenshots/screenshot243.jpg
http://ajunction.co.uk/ftp/andy/ryzom/screenshots/screenshot244.jpg
http://ajunction.co.uk/ftp/andy/ryzom/screenshots/screenshot245.jpg
Good timing on 244 I think you'll agree.

And the targeted guy in 245 didn't exsist =P