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(deleted) Sat 06-Jul-13 22:46:07

Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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Thinking of moving over since Be has gone bad.

Anyone rate PlusNet for gaming?

And if anyone could do be a favour and ping the following two game servers I'd really appreciate it:
199.108.194.41
195.33.132.169

camieabz
(sensei) Sat 06-Jul-13 22:55:57

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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100ms, 11 hops on the first.

49ms, 22 hops on the second.

I get 27ms, 9 hops to these forums.

~ Camieabz ~

All Connection Data ~ Some plusnet links

_{I've forgotten more about broadband than I care to remember.}

kasg
(fountain of knowledge) Sat 06-Jul-13 23:11:42

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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199.108.194.41 - 84ms
195.33.132.169 - 34ms

By way of comparison, bbc.co.uk and thinkbroadband.com are 11ms.

Kevin

plusnet Unlimited Fibre - BQM
Using OpenDNS
Domains and web hosting with TSOHOST

Edited by kasg (Sat 06-Jul-13 23:14:15)

XRaySpeX
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sat 06-Jul-13 23:12:11

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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You must be Interleaved. Take off 14ms from each for Fast Path.

1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU => 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC

camieabz
(sensei) Sat 06-Jul-13 23:19:19

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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No, I'm not, so don't touch those values.

How on earth did you come to that conclusion?

~ Camieabz ~

All Connection Data ~ Some plusnet links

_{I've forgotten more about broadband than I care to remember.}

deleted
(deleted) Sat 06-Jul-13 23:24:24

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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Hi Dave

Is that IP for a game called Planetside 2? If so I currently play that on US server Matherson no problem at all.

Jack

XRaySpeX
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sat 06-Jul-13 23:37:36

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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Well, I'm on Fast Path with Orange which is effectivly BTw, which can't be much diff from PN and I get these timings:
- ping 199.108.194.41 = 86 ms
- ping 195.33.132.169 = 33 ms
- ping forums.thinkbroadband.com = 13 ms

These timings are backed up by kasg who is on PN.

1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU => 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC

camieabz
(sensei) Sat 06-Jul-13 23:41:54

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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When I am interleaved, I get pings of 40ms +

Just rebooted (it's been a while).

195.33.132.169 - 46ms, 20 hops
199.108.194.41 - 97ms, 9 hops
TBB forums - 24ms, 7 hops

~ Camieabz ~

All Connection Data ~ Some plusnet links

_{I've forgotten more about broadband than I care to remember.}

camieabz
(sensei) Sat 06-Jul-13 23:43:30

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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...and kasg is on fibre, in Sussex. I'm on ADSL2+ in Scotland. I imagine all pings get routed via London.

~ Camieabz ~

All Connection Data ~ Some plusnet links

_{I've forgotten more about broadband than I care to remember.}

Edited by camieabz (Sat 06-Jul-13 23:43:50)

XRaySpeX
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sat 06-Jul-13 23:47:26

Re: Any good for gaming? Especially in US

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How do you know you are not on Interleaved?

Not all routers are truthful about the matter, e.g. Netgears report in summary that they are on Fast Path when they are in fact only reporting the upstream state. You need then to look at the Down Depth (D: ) to really know.

Your timings are all indicative of Interleaved.

1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU => 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC

Edited by XRaySpeX (Sat 06-Jul-13 23:47:57)

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