I've been using broadband ADSL since 2004 in 3 different places. Each place has been a nightmare in regards to stability until 2 weeks ago. Yep only took 6 years of hell! Getting Bell (the company in Canada which owns 99% of the copper lines) to actually send out a technician is a feat in itself. They would rather remotely lower my speed profile until my line becomes "stable." This never worked no matter how low they set the profile too.
Purchasing ADSL service is really rolling the dice. My first place was too far away from the central office, second place had internal wiring issues which I wasn't going to pay out of pocket to fix, and the third place had local equipment issues which were fixed a few weeks ago. Happy to say I have a 6mbps profile which is solid 24/7 for the first time in my life. Hopefully it'll stay way *crosses fingers*
Use pingtest for a more thorough ping analysis.
Edit: added pingtest across the Atlantic:
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