I had these ping spikes since... 6.0 came out. been a while so I just accept that we have 'em
Sounds about right. Half the time the ping spike registers, other times it's just as if the server needs to be nudged awake with no ping spike.
A real sysadmin knows how to change the time.
If you make the same mistake while trying to make up for the previous one, you are doing something wrong.
As much as I'd love to say I offer consulting services, the scope of things broken is too large.