Because of the latency? Doesn't that traceroute indicate that most of the delay was just getting to Level 3 in San Jose, through your ISP? (Isn't that 50.242.14

Because of the latency? Doesn't that traceroute indicate that most of the delay was just getting to Level 3 in San Jose, through your ISP? (Isn't that 50.242.148.34 node right between level3 and your ISP? Sadly it lacks a name, so hard to say who owns it.) Or because of trust? You're in the US.