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I read somewhere (probably here) that the main reason for the lower ping was because:

Somewhere in the line from where the pacific link ends (the US coast) to the actual server (eg Frostmorne), there is a router/server/whatever device that throws our packets to the bottom of the priority list because they originated from overseas, Australia for example.

Is this possible? If so, I guess the tunneling service would make that mystery box *not* slow us down due to our location, because it thinks it's originating from the US.

I know very little about the way internet traffic works... so I'm sketchy on the details and technical terms.