best ping possible to uk server?

ZeRoY

watty wrote: »

So Metro, UPC cable and LLU DSL will be better.

True!

makeorbrake

Thanks for the replies folks. I've made the switch to utv now. Heres my first speedtest;

and pingtest...

I can't tell from this netgear router config if interleaving is switched on but would assume it is. I have asked them to switch it off. Will see what happens.


Q. Has anyone on UTV bitstream managed to motivate them to have interleaving turned off???

makeorbrake

UTV tell me they can't turn interleaving off - or rather wont go back to eircom wholesale and request them to take it off. Just wondering if anyone has managed to achieve this with them?

maninaskirt

makeorbrake wrote: »

UTV tell me they can't turn interleaving off - or rather wont go back to eircom wholesale and request them to take it off. Just wondering if anyone has managed to achieve this with them?

I had numerous attempts with them, same answer everytime " eircon wont allow it ", they did turn it onto the "low" setting though and it halved my ping time so I was happy.....I find them very helpful and I believe Eircon do tie their hands.

CrackisWhack

makeorbrake

maninaskirt wrote: »

they did turn it onto the "low" setting though and it halved my ping time so I was happy

Hi mate. If thats the case, according to your earlier post, then I am already on a low interleaving profile with utv...?
I did try to run speedtest this morning to see if things had changed and I was getting double what I orginally got - however, theres a possiblity that someone else was online in the house at the time...so I will have to go back and check it when I go home tonight...

maninaskirt wrote: »

I had numerous attempts with them, same answer everytime " eircon wont allow it ".....I find them very helpful and I believe Eircon do tie their hands.

Quite possible - but it should be made widely known straight up by the bitstream isp's that Eircom are stonewalling them on it. It may not do any good, but any abuse/pressure should be then shifted to eircom wholesale..

maninaskirt

I dont use ping/speed test to test my ping although the magnet one is quite good, I use the dos prompt to ping an Irish site, it was over 50ms and now it is less than 30ms, I really cant hope for better on my line and it is fine for gaming online.......more so the host causes me issues with lag(MW2) rather than my own connection.

P.S. a lot of modems will tell you the interleaving depth in the stats area, that give you an idea of what yours is set at?

makeorbrake

Well, I contacted utv following them saying that they couldnt remove interleaving and they came back suggesting that they had 'got eircom to lower interleaving'. I know it doesnt work like this. I ran the same benchmark test a few times and if anything its a tiny bit higher than when I first joined utv.

makeorbrake

I contacted them again and they have come back confirming that they have changed my profile. They changed it alright! Doubled my ping and halved by download/upload speeds

Chaz

The fascination with ping continues to amaze me. There is little difference in actual experience between say 18ms and 35ms. Stability of ping (jitter) is more important IMHO.

You learn to play based on your ping anyways - as long as the ping is stable ...

maninaskirt

Chaz wrote: »

The fascination with ping continues to amaze me. There is little difference in actual experience between say 18ms and 35ms. Stability of ping (jitter) is more important IMHO.

You learn to play based on your ping anyways - as long as the ping is stable ...

True...the unwritten rule I was always advised that any ping under 100ms would be fine. COD drives me/people ping mad!! Its an obsession!! LOL.

I get better performance on my 7.6Mb profile with "standard" interleaving than on a 5Mb with low interleaving, certainly more stable.

makeorbrake

Chaz wrote: »

The fascination with ping continues to amaze me. ....You learn to play based on your ping anyways - as long as the ping is stable ...

thats fair enough mate - but that asssumes i'm a gamer - which i'm not..;)

Just got a mail from them saying that they have changed the profile again. I guess its just not possible to get it <50ms....

Chaz

makeorbrake wrote: »

thats fair enough mate - but that asssumes i'm a gamer - which i'm not..;)

Just got a mail from them saying that they have changed the profile again. I guess its just not possible to get it <50ms....

Whats teh reason for the low ping requirement then? Im just curious - nothing more.

makeorbrake

Chaz wrote: »

Whats teh reason for the low ping requirement then? Im just curious - nothing more.

Just an app I use that needs real time data transfer.

Chaz

makeorbrake wrote: »

Just an app I use that needs real time data transfer.

Any decent application should be able to handle small latency changes / slightly higher latency.

preytec

makeorbrake

preytec wrote: »

If only that was a posability!