Why lower pings on CS over internet than on LAN?

[Confused]

At home i have a cable modem, going into the "server", which shares it out through a 24 port 10mbps hub to my computer, and my mum's when it's on. On Counter-Strike, i regularly get pings of 15-25 when playing on most internet servers. However, when i am at a LAN party, and have a dedicated server running on my server (dual Celeron 400, 192mb ram), and connecting 7 people through the same hub, my ping is about 30-40. Even having JUST my computer connecting to the server, i still get pings this high!

I know quite a bit about networking, and know that each router or hub or switch on the network increases ping, but i just don't understand why i get lower pings playing on internet servers going through my server than i do connecting directly to the server!

So, if anyone can tell me why cos i'd like to know!

Thanks

ConfusedBW

 

[Nutz]

One word--HUB.

Collisions mean retransmissions, and that makes for more time for communcation to take place.

One thing though. How the hell do you get 15-25 ms pings?! Its hard to get that good of a connect between a couple switches let alone a routed network with multiple hops.

 

[Confused]

I thought it might be because of the hu and collisions/retransmissions, but i go through the hub (and my server) to get onto the internet! :Q

I live in the UK, which has quite a small broadband subscriber base (i know...5 people who have cable, one with ADSL), and play only on UK servers. Once had someone say to me "hey 14 ping guy, you playing on the server or something?". But i still don't know why i get 15-30 pings online!

ConfusedBW