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professor973
(knowledge is power) Tue 14-Jan-20 19:25:27

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: zelly] [link to this post]

Ping times have never been anything but very very low on my Zen connection that never misses a beat.
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

professor973
(knowledge is power) Tue 14-Jan-20 19:37:07

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: lltfdaniel] [link to this post]

92ms to mineplex New York not too bad
C:\Users\User>ping us.mineplex.com

Pinging us.mineplex.com [173.236.67.21] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 173.236.67.21: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=50
Reply from 173.236.67.21: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=50
Reply from 173.236.67.21: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=50
Reply from 173.236.67.21: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 173.236.67.21:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 92ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 92ms

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

professor973
(knowledge is power) Tue 14-Jan-20 19:50:57

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: RobertoS] [link to this post]

Host tested: 173.236.67.21
Test performed from: New York, NY
Test performed at: 2020-01-14 19:48:40 (GMT +00:00)
PING 173.236.67.21 (173.236.67.21) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 173.236.67.21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=20.4 ms
64 bytes from 173.236.67.21: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=20.4 ms
64 bytes from 173.236.67.21: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=20.4 ms
64 bytes from 173.236.67.21: icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=20.4 ms
64 bytes from 173.236.67.21: icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=20.4 ms
--- 173.236.67.21 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4024ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.460/20.479/20.490/0.091 ms

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

professor973
(knowledge is power) Tue 14-Jan-20 19:57:33

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: lltfdaniel] [link to this post]

Zen best ever here and I've been with the supposed best!
new York gaming server. East coast would be a bit better.
C:\Users\User>tracert 173.236.67.21

Tracing route to placeholder-vss690-chi03.mineplex.com [173.236.67.21]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.178.1
2 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms losubs.subs.bng1.th-lon.zen.net.uk [62.3.80.17]
3 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms ae1-177.cr2.th-lon.zen.net.uk [62.3.80.38]
4 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms vl-50.ae43.agg2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk [51.148.73.54]
5 7 ms 10 ms 7 ms ae-9.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk [51.148.73.17]
6 17 ms 7 ms 7 ms ae-8.agg1.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk [51.148.73.14]
7 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms ldn-b5-link.telia.net [62.115.169.132]
8 7 ms 24 ms 18 ms ldn-bb3-link.telia.net [213.155.132.194]
9 7 ms 7 ms 6 ms ldn-b7-link.telia.net [62.115.138.151]
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 94 ms 94 ms 93 ms 4.15.84.6
13 92 ms 92 ms 92 ms placeholder-vss690-chi03.mineplex.com [173.236.67.21]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\User>

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

Edited by professor973 (Tue 14-Jan-20 20:13:15)

wolvesmad
(knowledge is power) Tue 14-Jan-20 21:56:32

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: smokeymacpot] [link to this post]

I've always found my pings on BT to be the best out of TalkTalk, Plusnet and Sky.

The Virgin Media Business leased line at work has a 75ms ping to the US East Coast.

Ghost offer Gamer Broadband. No idea if it is any good but they guarantee low pings.

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BT Fibre Unlimited 55|10Mb

Edited by wolvesmad (Tue 14-Jan-20 21:58:28)

jelv
(knowledge is power) Wed 15-Jan-20 09:23:04

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: professor973] [link to this post]

pathping is the best way to see what is going on. It gives the time to each hop so you can see how much going across the pond adds. It takes a few minutes to complete. Note that not all hops will respond to pings so there may be gaps.

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C:\Users\John>pathping 173.236.67.21
 Tracing route to placeholder-vss690-chi03.mineplex.com [173.236.67.21]
over a maximum of 30 hops:  0  Elvin11.home [192.168.1.25]
  1  192.168.1.1  2  222.53.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.53.222]
  3  g.aimless.thn.aa.net.uk [90.155.53.47]  4  ge-4-3-6.edge5.London1.Level3.net [195.50.116.49]
  5  ae-2-3615.ear2.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.69.148.254]  6  4.15.84.6
  7  placeholder-vss690-chi03.mineplex.com [173.236.67.21] 
Computing statistics for 175 seconds...            Source to Here   This Node/Link
Hop  RTT    Lost/Sent = Pct  Lost/Sent = Pct  Address  0                                           Elvin11.home [192.168.1.25]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |  1    3ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  192.168.1.1
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |  2   13ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  222.53.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.53.222]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |  3   13ms     1/ 100 =  1%     1/ 100 =  1%  g.aimless.thn.aa.net.uk [90.155.53.47]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |  4   16ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  ge-4-3-6.edge5.London1.Level3.net [195.50.116.49]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |  5  ---     100/ 100 =100%   100/ 100 =100%  ae-2-3615.ear2.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.69.148.254]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |  6  ---     100/ 100 =100%   100/ 100 =100%  4.15.84.6
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |  7  102ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  placeholder-vss690-chi03.mineplex.com [173.236.67.21]
 Trace complete.

jelv

AAISP November 2016
(Previous ISP Plusnet November 2001 to October 2016) Why I left Plusnet
Telephone rental: Pulse8

CarlTSpeak
(member) Wed 15-Jan-20 10:11:52

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: professor973] [link to this post]

In reply to a post by professor973:
Ping times have never been anything but very very low on my Zen connection that never misses a beat.
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

Given Zen's termination of WBMC connections in Manchester or London where they don't have LLU presence, causing hairpins for some where they have to go via LNS in Manchester before reaching key peering points, might be wise to ascertain where the OP is before recommending an ISP whose network carries those caveats.

If you're near Docklands and on fastpath DSL or FTTP your BQM is going to be great either way.

Graph doesn't look too great actually, either. Latency looks jittery for a good part of the day which is the exact thing OP doesn't need.

Building better networks, not just faster ones.

CarlTSpeak
(member) Wed 15-Jan-20 10:22:06

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: RobertoS] [link to this post]

In reply to a post by RobertoS:
57ms minimum UK-USA?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=minimum+latency+uk...

Yes, Bob.

The good Professor is close to the transit and peering in London, 6 ms RTT. 15-20 ms between New York and Chicago where that server farm lives. Leaves 66-71 ms for the round-trip under the Atlantic which is about right for the connectivity us commoners get smile

Building better networks, not just faster ones.

Edited by CarlTSpeak (Wed 15-Jan-20 10:23:03)

professor973
(knowledge is power) Wed 15-Jan-20 11:10:14

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: CarlTSpeak] [link to this post]

Not jittery to my eye and was working 4K movie streaming along with streaming my horses live.

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

professor973
(knowledge is power) Wed 15-Jan-20 11:16:37

Re: Best ISP for gaming ping times?

[re: CarlTSpeak] [link to this post]

Which is as good as you will get in my opinion to recommend to the OP looking for low latency. Add bombproof broadband, good customer service, an excellent Fritz!box router and never a price rise thrown in and it's a no brainer and beats ALL the supposed leading ISP's I have been with, though there will always be a know better here.

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/...

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