50M : Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

I was actually quite able to game online, even FPS games that didn't have lag compensation on a ~60ms 3G line. It's inconsistency that's the problem.

That surprises me for 3g! Will have to try that out now you mentioned it

Out of interest was it xbox gaming? Seems different games and platforms deal with latency in different ways. Virgins jitter caused a lot of warping in some games fps like QuakeLive but I only had experience of some PC titles.

[Foo Fighter]

After a few weeks of having a terrible connection like the ones just posted. At midnight last night my modem when down lost sync then came back up with 2 upstream channels

Finnally

[qasdfdsaq]

No, it was PC gaming. Team Fortress 2. Recent (well, 2009?) OFCOM tests showed 3G had a lower average jitter than VM. Latency around my area has always been good - we were, at the time, always the first area for new tech to be rolled out, and often I get lower pings to London servers on 3G in Edinburgh than I do in central London.

With 4G I suspect latency will become on-par with VM "fibre optic" meaning mobile gaming may become indistinguishable.

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

No, it was PC gaming. Team Fortress 2. Recent (well, 2009?) OFCOM tests showed 3G had a lower average jitter than VM. Latency around my area has always been good - we were, at the time, always the first area for new tech to be rolled out, and often I get lower pings to London servers on 3G in Edinburgh than I do in central London.

With 4G I suspect latency will become on-par with VM "fibre optic" meaning mobile gaming may become indistinguishable.

That wouldn't surprise me when it comes to VM and jitter lol.

Also have a feeling that more speed with mean more latency issues with 4G too.

[qasdfdsaq]

4G will be far lower latency than 3G.

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

4G will be far lower latency than 3G.

I admit I know practically nothing about this, but how does the spectrum used affect it? As in, would the 800Mhz spectrum see a significant difference to latency compared to say the 2.6Ghz band?

[qasdfdsaq]

In itself, no. Underlying latency will be the same. Differing levels of congestion may affect latency in the same way different (non-bonded) channels on cable will do.

[Qtx]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

4G will be far lower latency than 3G.

Is that going by the same principle as fibre should have better latency than adsl? These graphs have shown us that what should be a better technology is not always the case depending on how the company implements and runs it.

[qasdfdsaq]

I know what you're getting at, but your comparison doesn't apply here. You're presumably comparing two different ISPs running two different technologies over two different networks to two different sets of customers. That would equate to comparing Vodafone 3G with O2 4G or vice versa.

To relate to 3G/4G you would have to compare graphs from the same ISP, running two different technologies, from the same exchange, over the same backhaul, to the same core network, to the same set of customers in the same location.

For example BT Infinity FTTP vs. BT Total Broadband, VM Big Red Internet vs. VM Cable/ADSL, etc. For fibre to have higher latency in either case would be extremely rare.

[gazza78]

Hi i`m new to these forums, i had virgin 30mb broadband installed in november which was fine until a few weeks ago then when playing wow online at the usual time at around 7-8pm ish i noticed major latency issues,just becoming totally unplayable and internet browsing the same not unusable just very slow,and has been everyday since,ive just started thinkbroadband monitor today and from what i`ve seen in here to compare it with i dont think its looks too good,just wanted some advice on what to do next http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/s...5-01-2013.html

i hope ive linked that right,im new to forums sorry if its not worked proper

[Qtx]

That looks like a very high utilisation problem if it is mostly in the evenings. You can try virgins community forums to get it logged but don't be surprised if it takes them a few months or more to fix it, especially if you are in south london

[gazza78]

Thanks for the reply,im not in south london area i`m in Wigan area according to their website i am due a double speed upgrade at the end of feb,im not to familiar with how it all works its probably fine at the other times of the day just the time i use it dosent work which ****es me off a bit as you expect to get what you pay for.

[Qtx]

Pretty sure Wigan has quite a few over utilization problems. Keep hearing that location along with Croydon and Bristol as having issues on virgins network.

[thenry]

whats happened to thinkbroadband?

[Kushan]

Originally Posted by thenry

whats happened to thinkbroadband?

Good question. Notice the packet loss at about 11am as well? Plus the odd bit right where the graph "starts" at 8am. Same for my own ones.
Did their server go down, maybe?