• If you have high ping, you can pay a subscription fee to lower it
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[url]http://www.pcgamer.com/if-you-have-high-ping-you-can-pay-a-subscription-fee-to-lower-it[/url]
interesting, the title makes it sound like isps are offering it as some sort of premium package but it's a private network. i hope one day there is an free open network made specifically for gaming.
[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;53121121]interesting, the title makes it sound like isps are offering it as some sort of premium package but it's a private network. i hope one day there is an free open network made specifically for gaming.[/QUOTE] It's basically just hopping onto a network with better routes than your normal ISP, as early as possible. So... what Internap offers with "Performance IP", but the other way around. In some situations it might be better, really depends on the network circumstances.
The bizarre thing about this article is their tests - I thought these services were meant to be used if you experience issues with poor routing or are connecting long distance? Seems kinda stupid to do the tests on your nearest servers, of course the difference is gonna be negligible. Also they didn't explain why their ping goes up to 280 inexplicably in the afternoons?
Does this actually improve your connection or just mask how bad it is to evade high ping kicks?
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;53121169]Does this actually improve your connection or just mask how bad it is to evade high ping kicks?[/QUOTE] it can improve your connection in some situations, since a lot of slowness between client and server today comes from inefficient routing
[QUOTE=VenomousBeetle;53121169]Does this actually improve your connection or just mask how bad it is to evade high ping kicks?[/QUOTE] its a private network you connect to like a vpn that chooses the most efficient route for gaming, and unlike an isp, it's only for gaming so it shouldn't be slowed down at peak traffic times.
[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;53121250]its a private network you connect to like a vpn that chooses the most efficient route for gaming, and unlike an isp, it's only for gaming so it shouldn't be slowed down at peak traffic times.[/QUOTE] You still have to hop off your ISP at their closest exchange, which at least with Comcast, has historically been where they skimp and let get congested. So there's not much you can do there.
Don't let ISPs see this or they'll start arbitrarily raising people's pings and making you pay more to lower them. Who's going to know except those who require a low ping
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