PING:

tito:~> ping ns.internic.net
PING ns.internic.net (198.41.0.4): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=1153.5 ms
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=1097.2 ms
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=278.5 ms
64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=329.2 ms
...
--- ns.internic.net ping statistics ---
24 packets transmitted, 24 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 230.1/529.2/1628.2 ms

Traceroute :

tito:~> traceroute ns.internic.net
traceroute to ns.internic.net (198.41.0.4), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  cisco.i-2000net.it (194.21.237.1)  1.99 ms  1.978 ms  1.964 ms
 2  galliera.italia.com (194.20.20.34)  36.839 ms  36.107 ms  36.078 ms
 3  garisenda.italia.com (194.20.20.6)  38.155 ms  36.42 ms  36.364 ms
 4  167.152.40.21 (167.152.40.21)  225.491 ms  503.971 ms  406.632 ms
 5  137.39.32.161 (137.39.32.161)  443.684 ms  250.506 ms  224.482 ms
 6  maeeast.bbnplanet.net (192.41.177.1)  229.799 ms  255.155 ms  210.078 ms
 7  collegepk-br1.bbnplanet.net (4.0.1.17)  248.015 ms  256.245 ms  508.641 ms
 8  collegepk-cr9.bbnplanet.net (128.167.252.9)  264.104 ms  529.094 ms
513.894 ms
 9  washdc2-br1.bbnplanet.net (128.167.212.2)  211.068 ms  229.503 ms  211.265
ms
10  washdc2-cr9.bbnplanet.net (128.167.7.9)  225.579 ms  212.47 ms  231.969 ms
11  netsol.bbnplanet.net (192.221.63.90)  249.962 ms  258.094 ms  295.207 ms
12  a.root-servers.net (198.41.0.4)  402.67 ms  254.238 ms  272.632 ms