There have been a lot of complaints around the web about HIGH PINGs during peak times for UK upto 4-8Mb broadband users.
This is because BT have sold the MAX package to ALL UK ISP providers to allow download speeds from 2Mb upto 8MB.
There are two problems with this for GAMERS at peak times - your ping is hitting 200+ ms - you will get auto kicked from the server with pings higher than 150 usually:
The reasons for this are:
1. Bank Interleaving gets turned ON, this means that if packets are lost, the service will go back, trying to get these packets - this is not needed for online gaming and is detrimental to your ping but will allow upto the 8Mb speed
2. At peak times the contention ratio i.e. the number of users at the same time using the same connection feed (usually a contention ratio of 50:1 i.e. 50 users sharing the same connection pipe) is unlimited with the MAX setup, because Bank Interleaving is turned on, they allow this to increase to a guesstimate of approx. 200:1 - this is also detrimental to your ping.
So if you have a 4-8Mb connection and are having issues with ping rates i.e. 150-200+ at peak times, this is the reason why.
The solution is to ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to turn OFF Bank Interleaving, you will be guarenteed good pings 24/7 BUT your max download speed has to decrease to approximately a max of 2Mbs
So if you've been having problems with your lagggg/ping recently at peak times (usually between 8PM & 11PM), now you know why!
This is because BT have sold the MAX package to ALL UK ISP providers to allow download speeds from 2Mb upto 8MB.
There are two problems with this for GAMERS at peak times - your ping is hitting 200+ ms - you will get auto kicked from the server with pings higher than 150 usually:
The reasons for this are:
1. Bank Interleaving gets turned ON, this means that if packets are lost, the service will go back, trying to get these packets - this is not needed for online gaming and is detrimental to your ping but will allow upto the 8Mb speed
2. At peak times the contention ratio i.e. the number of users at the same time using the same connection feed (usually a contention ratio of 50:1 i.e. 50 users sharing the same connection pipe) is unlimited with the MAX setup, because Bank Interleaving is turned on, they allow this to increase to a guesstimate of approx. 200:1 - this is also detrimental to your ping.
So if you have a 4-8Mb connection and are having issues with ping rates i.e. 150-200+ at peak times, this is the reason why.
The solution is to ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to turn OFF Bank Interleaving, you will be guarenteed good pings 24/7 BUT your max download speed has to decrease to approximately a max of 2Mbs
So if you've been having problems with your lagggg/ping recently at peak times (usually between 8PM & 11PM), now you know why!
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