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  • 11-05-2007 1:35pm
    #1
    Griffin87
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭


    hi all,

    i enjoy playing game online when i get home from work at around 7.

    but recently i have been unable to play as my ping goes above 300 or more between about 7:30 and 11:30. i am on 1meg from eircom. do guys think it is because of the contention it's 48:1. the ping is about 30-50 to English servers at any other time.

    the thing is i used to never have this problem this has started in the last 3 weeks. also when i do a speed test i get a 99% quality of service.

    i live in the rush north co dublin.

    thanks in advance


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    bungholio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 106 ✭✭bungholio


    ugrade, there isnt to much of a price difference as far as i know


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    shinzon
    Registered Users Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭shinzon


    upgrading your connection wont work, this has been happening the last 2 to 3 weeks for me and im on the 2 meg package, to my mind its the contention ratio thats kicking in, during 7-11 pings are atrocious and online gaming is tolerable but sometimes i just log off in frustration at it

    During the times of high pings and latency do a tracert, youll more then likely see what im seeing the first hop out is the one that is causing most problems for people

    Shin


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    Griffin87
    Registered Users Posts: 275 ✭✭Griffin87


    yea its defiantly the cotention ratio.

    will have to upgrade to the 3 meg package to get a better contention ratio.

    they dont offer any bundels with this pakage though :(


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    Nexus
    Registered Users Posts: 728 ✭✭✭Nexus


    I have a 3 meg and my pings all over the place. You pay them all this money for a good package and u get shafed. Typical eircom


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    #6
    noping
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭noping


    I have had eircom broadband since 2002 i think...might be 2004 and never had a problem once untill 3 weeks ago....pings are up the wall between 5pm and 11pm. Been doing a pile of tracerts trying to figure out where the bottleneck is and it seems to be at b-ras1.blp.dublin.eircom.net (between 70-299ms)

    Gamings been out of the question with bout 120-180ms.

    Its just droped down to 50ms now so im gonna get a few rounds of CSS in!!
    Still I think gone are the days of my 7ms ping :mad:

    Looks like I might be making a call to Magnet!!!







    pos11-3.coreb.cra.dublin.eircom.net


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    Thrill
    Registered Users Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    I too have had no problems with eircom until the last few weeks. I cant play online, downloads are very slow and even watching clips on youtube has become a nightmare.

    I too, for the first time, am beginning to have thoughts of trying another provider.


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