Trace routes and my connection

[warlock]

Does anyone know what the acceptable number of hops between two computers would be, when playing a game?
And what the acceptable time in "ms" for each hop would be?

I understand that the more hops it takes and the longer it takes for each hop effects "packet loss" and "latency"
What I need is a guideline: good, average, bad

Here's a example of what i mean. Here is a trace i did after a game i was playing kept freezing up now and again.

Address Traced: 66.212.236.115

Total Hops: 14

Hop: # 01
IP: 10.144.199.254
Host: Unable To Resolve
Time (ms): 15
Hop: # 02
IP: 80.4.46.145
Host: nott-t2cam1-b-pos84.inet.ntl.com
Time (ms): 11
Hop: # 03
IP: 80.1.79.185
Host: not-t2core-b-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com
Time (ms): 100
Hop: # 04
IP: 62.253.185.37
Host: nth-bb-b-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com
Time (ms): 14
Hop: # 05
IP: 62.253.185.121
Host: nth-bb-a-ge-730-0.inet.ntl.com
Time (ms): 14
Hop: # 06
IP: 62.253.185.98
Host: gfd-bb-b-so-400-0.inet.ntl.com
Time (ms): 65
Hop: # 07
IP: 213.105.172.129
Host: win-bb-a-so-500-0.inet.ntl.com
Time (ms): 19
Hop: # 08
IP: 213.105.173.2
Host: nyc-bb-a-so-230-0.inet.ntl.com
Time (ms): 90
Hop: # 09
IP: 213.105.173.10
Host: nyiix-ic-1-pos10.inet.ntl.com
Time (ms): 91
Hop: # 10
IP: 198.32.160.65
Host: nyiix.Peer1.net
Time (ms): 95
Hop: # 11
IP: 216.187.90.5
Host: OC48POS2-0.mtl-gsr-a.peer1.net
Time (ms): 100
Hop: # 12
IP: 216.187.90.58
Host: GIG1-0.mtl-gsr-b.peer1.net
Time (ms): 100
Hop: # 13
IP: 216.187.90.131
Host: mit-gw2.peer1.net
Time (ms): 120
Hop: # 14
IP: Requested Timed Out
Host: Unable To Resolve
Time (ms): 120