Traceroutes from a single source are poor tools for positively determining a source of latency. A traceroute only tells a unidirectional story, and an incomple

Traceroutes from a single source are poor tools for positively determining a source of latency. A traceroute only tells a unidirectional story, and an incomplete one at that. In reality in is essential to use multiple provider/observer based tools to determine point(s) of congestion. However, it is entirely possible to empirically determine who the congested peers are between, which, and when specific geographical connections are overloaded.