What's interesting to me is what you found interesting.
I remoted into my work computer (physically 20 miles closer) and pinged a server in the same data center, and the ping times were comparable (that was using a host name).
I tried the same thing using an IP on the same server instead and it improved by about 9 mS
For my area and the data center I was testing against, it doesn't seem abnormal to me. I wasn't pinging Cloudflare, just one of our servers in a colocation data center a ways away.

What *I* found interesting was that my upload speed appears to be 3X faster than my previous cable connection.

That used to be around the 11-13 range that was common with various other connections I have checked in the past, now it is around 35-36 ...

So I tried the same test on a Canadian server (I am in the US by the border) and ping slowed down but download speed went up significantly (from 106 to 150+).
I think the ping may not be the best ruler to measure by for this particular test. I used Ookla FWIW (below image)
I also tried another server in Detroit and got 50 for Ping, and 124 download and 39+ upload, so .. I dunno, seems ping isn't the best scale to measure against for Ookla tests
The upload increase is what caught my eye
Anyway, just trying to say, 5G is an option for those trying to 'cut the cable' in my experience, looks like it will save me a bunch of $$ so far, and maybe improve things for those with limited options. Worth checking out

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