Ping Instability on Serial LTE Modem

I'm using firmware 1.3.6 and sdk 2.7 for Nordic nRF9160. For the internet connection ppp is being used.

Here are the results:

modem shell:

time wget https://leil.de/di/files/more/testdaten/1mb.test
{}2024-11-06 13:43:04{}  https://leil.de/di/files/more/testdaten/1mb.test
Resolving leil.de... 85.13.146.170
Connecting to leil.de|85.13.146.170|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1048577 (1.0M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: '1mb.test'

1mb.test                                        100%[=====================================================================================================>]   1.00M  5.25KB/s    in 3m 8s   

2024-11-06 13:46:16 (5.46 KB/s) - '1mb.test' saved [1048577/1048577]

real    3m11.698s
user    0m0.104s
sys    0m0.094s

ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=110 time=415.513 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=110 time=288.383 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2 ttl=110 time=215.223 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=3 ttl=110 time=260.121 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=4 ttl=110 time=219.662 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=5 ttl=110 time=253.860 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=6 ttl=110 time=219.204 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=7 ttl=110 time=261.940 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=8 ttl=110 time=221.751 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=9 ttl=110 time=281.535 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=10 ttl=110 time=217.329 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=11 ttl=110 time=205.198 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=12 ttl=110 time=212.157 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=13 ttl=110 time=250.918 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=14 ttl=110 time=211.623 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=15 ttl=110 time=249.445 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=16 ttl=110 time=209.267 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=17 ttl=110 time=251.017 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=18 ttl=110 time=210.638 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=19 ttl=110 time=247.540 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=20 ttl=110 time=208.451 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=21 ttl=110 time=295.088 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=22 ttl=110 time=205.773 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=23 ttl=110 time=248.615 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=24 ttl=110 time=209.308 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=25 ttl=110 time=246.882 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=26 ttl=110 time=213.419 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=27 ttl=110 time=263.234 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=28 ttl=110 time=216.908 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=29 ttl=110 time=258.720 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=30 ttl=110 time=240.915 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=31 ttl=110 time=247.380 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=32 ttl=110 time=207.153 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=33 ttl=110 time=264.260 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=34 ttl=110 time=211.652 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=35 ttl=110 time=244.559 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=36 ttl=110 time=204.369 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=37 ttl=110 time=246.127 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=38 ttl=110 time=205.897 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=39 ttl=110 time=249.985 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=40 ttl=110 time=215.934 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=41 ttl=110 time=259.636 ms
^C
— 8.8.8.8 ping statistics —
42 packets transmitted, 42 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 204.369/239.680/415.513 ms

slm:

time wget https://leil.de/di/files/more/testdaten/1mb.test
-2024-11-06 14:05:39-  https://leil.de/di/files/more/testdaten/1mb.test
Resolving leil.de... 85.13.146.170
Connecting to leil.de|85.13.146.170|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1048577 (1.0M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: '1mb.test'

1mb.test                                        100%[=====================================================================================================>]   1.00M  5.99KB/s    in 3m 21s  

2024-11-06 14:09:22 (5.10 KB/s) - '1mb.test' saved [1048577/1048577]

real    3m42.271s
user    0m0.114s
sys    0m0.080s

ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=57 time=1090.205 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=57 time=2096.799 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2 ttl=57 time=1109.679 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=3 ttl=57 time=1123.361 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=4 ttl=57 time=1085.234 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=5 ttl=57 time=1129.830 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=6 ttl=57 time=2148.470 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=7 ttl=57 time=1160.427 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=8 ttl=57 time=2070.497 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=9 ttl=57 time=1082.377 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=10 ttl=57 time=1103.330 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=11 ttl=57 time=1136.550 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=12 ttl=57 time=2153.073 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=13 ttl=57 time=1164.889 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=14 ttl=57 time=2057.927 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=15 ttl=57 time=1077.550 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=16 ttl=57 time=1098.615 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=17 ttl=57 time=2103.559 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=18 ttl=57 time=1114.472 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=19 ttl=57 time=2099.151 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=20 ttl=57 time=1119.168 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=21 ttl=57 time=2100.020 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=22 ttl=57 time=1111.763 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=23 ttl=57 time=1125.321 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=24 ttl=57 time=1092.266 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=25 ttl=57 time=105.238 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=26 ttl=57 time=1090.017 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=27 ttl=57 time=1049.417 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=28 ttl=57 time=2067.123 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=29 ttl=57 time=1078.016 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=30 ttl=57 time=1134.484 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=31 ttl=57 time=1070.799 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=32 ttl=57 time=118.682 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=33 ttl=57 time=1132.258 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=34 ttl=57 time=1101.850 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=35 ttl=57 time=2103.199 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=36 ttl=57 time=1115.130 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=37 ttl=57 time=1133.586 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=38 ttl=57 time=2073.434 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=39 ttl=57 time=1085.863 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=40 ttl=57 time=2064.546 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=41 ttl=57 time=1077.322 ms
^C
— 8.8.8.8 ping statistics —
43 packets transmitted, 42 packets received, 2% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 105.238/1341.797/2153.073 ms

Downloading speed are more or less same but but ping results are dramatically worse on SLM. How can it be? What might be the reason of ping instability on SLM?

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