Hop #8 is when you reach the datacenter.  I'll check with GigeNET to see if there's a problem on our side since you are getting packet loss/high ping inside the datacenter.  But I have a feeling it may be hop #5 that's adding the packet loss to the hops after it.

Are you always having this problem?  Or is at specific times of the day?

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