Gaming Ping

Hi, I currently live in Plymouth in the SOUTH WEST of UK.
At the moment my ISP is virgin cable who i have been with for several years (previously blueyonder etc etc).

I play a lot of online games such as Counter-Strike, when i first purchased the internet package i got an average of around 12-18 ping on UK servers. However recently, these pings have been fluctuating heavily especially during peak times to around 40-50, i also know some people that have around the 140 mark.

Now my question: What ISP generally is the best for ping in online games in the south west. Is it better to get ADSL or CABLE + if choosing the ADSL option obviously i would want to remove Interleaving as that would approx half my ping. Just wondering whether you have any suggestions for a good ISP.

Thanks in advance

Pete

I'm on NewNet without interleaving and this is a 'ping' to Jolt I have just done:


ping www.bbc.co.uk

Reply from 212.58.224.82: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=250
Reply from 212.58.224.82: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=250
Reply from 212.58.224.82: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=250
Reply from 212.58.224.82: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=250

For comparison, I'm also on Newnet but with interleaving on:

Pinging jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 31ms, Maximum = 32ms, Average = 31ms

In reply to:

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this is a 'ping' to Jolt I have just done

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Oh no it isn't. Its BBC. But it's a bit better than mine. (Prodigynet, interleaving on)

C:\Documents and Settings\Bob>ping www.bbc.co.uk

Pinging www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.224.126] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.224.126: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=251
Reply from 212.58.224.126: bytes=32 time=275ms TTL=251
Reply from 212.58.224.126: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=251
Reply from 212.58.224.126: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=251

Ping statistics for 212.58.224.126:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 47ms, Maximum = 275ms, Average = 133ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Bob>ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=71ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=72ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 41ms, Maximum = 76ms, Average = 65ms

Edited by RobertoS (Fri 23-Feb-07 11:40:21)

Thats why I left TalkTalk. Pings started off OK but at peak times would be 150Ms or more to UK servers. I am now on Plusnet and get sub 20ms pings for BF2142 etc. I would be carefull though if you plan to do alot of P2P as the put P2P traffic at a low priority.

Pinging jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=57

Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=122

Eclipse

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... I am now on Plusnet ... ... I would be carefull though if you plan to do alot of P2P as the put P2P traffic at a low priority

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And their customer service is quite frankly shocking.

Last week I got an email stating that they'd replied to a ticket I had raised and I should go to the portal to see the details. The ticked was raise at the beginning of NOVEMBER, and I moved to another ISP in DECEMBER (their lack of response to problem reports being the final straw that made me jump ship).