I’ve two fiber connections, one cable connection and one ADSL connection at home.
This is a traceroute from one fiber connection to the other over the outside network:
traceroute to snip.xs4all.nl (80.100.143.119), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 tomatortn66u (172.23.71.1) 0.951 ms 0.708 ms 0.638 ms 2 fiber24315337241.heldenvannu.net (37.153.243.241) 1.135 ms 0.988 ms 0.974 ms 3 rt121bb121-212-183.routit.net (212.121.121.183) 1.973 ms 1.976 ms 1.919 ms 4 0-7-0-4-core2-a-tc1.routit.net (84.246.25.133) 2.711 ms 2.498 ms 2.517 ms 5 0-7-0-4-core2-a-tc1.routit.net (84.246.25.133) 2.725 ms 2.674 ms 2.535 ms 6 0-7-0-7-core4-a-tc2.routit.net (37.0.80.7) 3.048 ms 2.883 ms 2.712 ms 7 1-2-inet1-tc2.routit.net (84.246.25.46) 2.767 ms 2.633 ms 2.514 ms 8 ams-ix.tc2.xs4all.net (80.249.208.166) 2.676 ms 4.177 ms 2.775 ms 9 0.ae5.xr3.3d12.xs4all.net (194.109.5.13) 2.987 ms 3.114 ms 11.387 ms 10 xe-8-1-0.dr11.xs4all.net (194.109.7.14) 6.188 ms xe-7-0-1.dr11.d12.xs4all.net (194.109.7.58) 3.320 ms xe-8-0-1.dr11.d12.xs4all.net (194.109.7.38) 3.206 ms 11 snip.xs4all.nl (80.100.143.119) 4.079 ms !X 3.960 ms !X 3.946 ms !X
This is the same but from my third connection (that will go away sooner than later): Cable.
traceroute to snip.xs4all.nl (80.100.143.119), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 www.asusnetwork.net (192.168.171.1) 1.016 ms 0.983 ms 0.938 ms 2 * * * 3 212.142.62.69 (212.142.62.69) 11.427 ms 8.361 ms 8.459 ms 4 84.116.244.97 (84.116.244.97) 8.080 ms 10.405 ms 7.340 ms 5 nl-ams09b-ri1-xe-10-2-0.aorta.net (84.116.130.22) 7.625 ms nl-ams09b-ri1-xe-8-0-0.aorta.net (84.116.130.2) 10.392 ms 84.116.136.81 (84.116.136.81) 9.534 ms 6 0.xe-1-2-0.xr1.tc2.xs4all.net (194.109.7.209) 8.315 ms 9.505 ms 9.684 ms 7 0.ae5.xr3.3d12.xs4all.net (194.109.5.13) 9.508 ms 0.ae4.xr4.1d12.xs4all.net (194.109.5.9) 9.565 ms 0.ae5.xr3.3d12.xs4all.net (194.109.5.13) 9.459 ms 8 xe-7-0-1.dr11.d12.xs4all.net (194.109.7.58) 8.547 ms 13.159 ms 9.893 ms 9 snip.xs4all.nl (80.100.143.119) 9.710 ms !X 10.079 ms !X 8.121 ms !X
Finally there is ADSL (which will go even sooner):
snap:~ # traceroute snip.xs4all.nl traceroute to snip.xs4all.nl (80.100.143.119), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets using UDP 1 192.168.71.1 (192.168.71.1) 1.052 ms 0.554 ms 0.520 ms 2 lo0.dr13.d12.xs4all.net (194.109.5.212) 17.767 ms 17.368 ms 17.123 ms 3 1423.ae3.xr4.1d12.xs4all.net (194.109.7.137) 16.901 ms 1418.ae3.xr4.1d12.xs4all.net (194.109.7.17) 16.628 ms 1323.ae3.xr3.3d12.xs4all.net (194.109.7.141) 16.354 ms 4 xe-8-1-0.dr11.xs4all.net (194.109.7.14) 15.961 ms xe7-0-0.dr11.d12.xs4all.net (194.109.7.170) 15.762 ms xe-8-1-0.dr11.xs4all.net (194.109.7.14) 15.283 ms 5 snip.xs4all.nl (80.100.143.119)(N!) 15.914 ms (N!) 16.171 ms (N!) 15.710 ms
Cable is about twice as slow than Fiber.
ADSL is about three times as slow than Fiber.
–jeroen