Comparing local-network performance with &quot;random&quot; cross-internet traffic IMHO isn&#x27;t very useful, because there is a wide range for internet latency.<p>My wired desktop gets DNS responses from 8.8.8.8 nearly as if it were in my network, in way under 10 ms, ping responses in 2 ms or so. Accessing websites hosted in e.g. Korea takes &gt;100 ms.<p>Add a congested wireless connection somewhere (WLAN or mobile network) and you can add another few hundred ms. And neither cross-continent nor congested wireless latency is going to go away.