Qwest has interleave on for DSL which means my first hop is easily over 40 ms so a minimum ping of 60-80 is rather likely for me. I don't know if the same hold

Qwest has interleave on for DSL which means my first hop is easily over 40 ms so a minimum ping of 60-80 is rather likely for me. I don't know if the same holds true for their fiber but I'm sure interleave is common among DSL providers. Cable also suffers from neighborhood overselling where in peak hours people get ping times in like 200-600 ms when they are likely to play. I don't know if this problem will be fixed soon but I think prediction is still necessary (or more so required) for a large population. This may just be limited to American broadband services though, and I'm sure larger cities may have less of a problem.