Guess I'm bored did some further testing :)
USB Tethered my phone for better accuracy. Signal stats on phone [-73dbm . 20asu]. Without moving the phone I did 2 consecutive ping tests, for the second one the phone decided to switch down from HSPA+ to HSPA
Touch 3G HSPA+
C:\Users\K>ping bbc.co.uk -n 10
Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.20] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=158ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=122ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=139ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=147ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=134ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=46
Ping statistics for 212.58.244.20:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 121ms, Maximum = 158ms, Average = 133ms
Touch 3G HSPA
C:\Users\K>ping bbc.co.uk -n 10
Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.20] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=289ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=261ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=316ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=424ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=364ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=260ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=302ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=256ms TTL=46
Reply from 212.58.244.20: bytes=32 time=323ms TTL=46
Ping statistics for 212.58.244.20:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 250ms, Maximum = 424ms, Average = 304ms
Ogero DSL
C:\Users\K>ping bbc.co.uk -n 10
Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.103] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=114ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=105ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=117ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=112ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=98ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=48
Reply from 212.58.246.103: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=48
Ping statistics for 212.58.246.103:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 97ms, Maximum = 121ms, Average = 106ms