Slow iPhone 4S speeds on Home Fusion Broadband

I've been using Home Fusion for about 4 weeks now and it's been great. However, I'm been experiencing a slow experience connected to the Home Fusion service over it's WIFI to my iPhone 4S. I typically receive about a 200 MS ping and 1-2 Mbps download and a 4 Mbps upload rate when checked on the Speedtest app. The down/up speeds don't bother me as much as the lengthy ping times. Is anyone seeing this issue?
The lengthy pings are causing slower downloads and a slower overall experience on the iPhone.
My other devices such as computers, iPad and Xbox connect fine with blazing speeds. I've also performed that test over a couple weeks with the same result.
Thanks.

Creekman wrote:
From ookla speedtest.net
2.017 Mbps down
0.264 Mbps up
97 ping
Running 3 bars
I usually get this if I have at least 3 bars.
Is that on 3G or wifi? I don't have an iPhone yet but hoping to get the 4S soon, but I understand they can get either wifi or 3G & that wifi would likely be faster. I assume it would have a little icon telling which it is, sort of like I get either 3G or sometimes (including in the local Verizon store) 1X. Of course I guess if its wifi, it would depend on how fast that connection was. My home cable is usually just above 1mbps so I presume if I get wifi at home with the iPhone 4S it wouldn't be any faster & maybe somewhat slower than that.

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