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Below are ping times from my ADSL2+ connection in Metro Sydney to various VPS hosts I have in the US
(ignore the packet loss, that is just me doing ctrl+c because I forgot to add the -c flag...)

Virpus.com

x-vm1 ~ # ping 208.89.208.x
PING 208.89.208.x (208.89.208.x) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 208.89.208.x: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=222 ms
64 bytes from 208.89.208.x: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=219 ms
64 bytes from 208.89.208.x: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=221 ms
64 bytes from 208.89.208.x: icmp_seq=4 ttl=49 time=218 ms
64 bytes from 208.89.208.x: icmp_seq=5 ttl=49 time=216 ms

--- 208.89.208.x ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 5 received, 16% packet loss, time 5013ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 216.295/219.937/222.828/2.339 ms


SliceHost.com

x-vm1 ~ # ping 208.78.96.x
PING slice01.zxgen.com (208.78.96.x) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 208.78.96.x: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=255 ms
64 bytes from 208.78.96.x: icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=259 ms
64 bytes from 208.78.96.x: icmp_seq=3 ttl=46 time=258 ms
64 bytes from 208.78.96.x: icmp_seq=4 ttl=46 time=258 ms
64 bytes from 208.78.96.x: icmp_seq=5 ttl=46 time=260 ms

--- 208.78.96.x ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 5 received, 16% packet loss, time 5017ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 255.201/258.510/260.415/1.841 ms


VR.ORG

x-vm1 ~ # ping 208.111.34.x
PING 208.111.34.x (208.111.34.x) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 208.111.34.x: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=199 ms
64 bytes from 208.111.34.x: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=201 ms
64 bytes from 208.111.34.x: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=196 ms
64 bytes from 208.111.34.x: icmp_seq=4 ttl=52 time=197 ms
64 bytes from 208.111.34.x: icmp_seq=5 ttl=52 time=202 ms
64 bytes from 208.111.34.x: icmp_seq=6 ttl=52 time=197 ms

--- 208.111.34.x ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5015ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 196.634/199.146/202.548/2.295 ms