1 45 ms 44 ms 44 ms gf-dyn-gateway.gtec.net [66.117.105.1]
thats the problem
your ping should be around 5-15 ms to that 1 hop.
call your ISP and ask them to check signals for you, also show them this traceroute.
good luck
VanBuren

Van Buren.
You helped me out b4, I ran a tracert test my ping to my first hop is good now, just wanting to know if you have any suggestions for increasing my speed. I have DRTCP rwin is set at 13340 MTU 1500 Everything else default .Here is my latest trace.Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\End User>tracert testmy.net
Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms gf-dyn-119.gtec.net [66.117.105.119]
2 48 ms 49 ms 49 ms gf-dyn-gateway.gtec.net [66.117.105.1]
3 48 ms 50 ms 48 ms t3-gw.gtec.net [66.117.96.1]
4 49 ms 50 ms 53 ms serial4-11.gw8.stl3.alter.net [157.130.174.41]
5 54 ms 53 ms 55 ms 186.at-5-0-0.xl2.stl3.alter.net [152.63.92.42]
6 55 ms 51 ms 53 ms 0.so-1-0-0.tl2.stl3.alter.net [152.63.88.245]
7 67 ms 69 ms 69 ms 0.so-5-2-0.tl2.dfw9.alter.net [152.63.1.149]
8 71 ms 70 ms 69 ms 0.so-7-0-0.cl2.dfw13.alter.net [152.63.103.222]
9 74 ms 69 ms 69 ms pos7-0.gw1.dfw13.alter.net [152.63.103.89]
10 69 ms 71 ms 68 ms theplanet-gw.customer.alter.net [157.130.143.226
]
11 69 ms 68 ms 69 ms dist-vlan31.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.30]
12 71 ms 70 ms 70 ms dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.76]
13 73 ms 69 ms 70 ms dsr2-2-v1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8]
14 70 ms 69 ms 70 ms gig1-0-1.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.
116.70]
15 73 ms 70 ms 70 ms 6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6]
Trace complete.
C:\Documents and Settings\End User>