Virgin cable slow gaming
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I started noticing dropouts roughly a week ago, nothing major but enough to think something isn't right.
Yesterday whilst playing TF2 i would have periods of severe slow down on a 30 ping server until yesterday i completely lost my connection. I phoned up and spoke to them where he told me there was a problem in my area and as usual it fixes itself whilst on the phone which always seems to be the case.
However gaming is still a nightmare and it will freeze every time i get into a firefight or when im in an area with a lot going on.
Not a happy chappy as its appears to work then it spikes a lot making it almost impossible to browse the nest let alone play online.
Yesterday whilst playing TF2 i would have periods of severe slow down on a 30 ping server until yesterday i completely lost my connection. I phoned up and spoke to them where he told me there was a problem in my area and as usual it fixes itself whilst on the phone which always seems to be the case.
However gaming is still a nightmare and it will freeze every time i get into a firefight or when im in an area with a lot going on.
Not a happy chappy as its appears to work then it spikes a lot making it almost impossible to browse the nest let alone play online.
Hi
I've had loads of problems with the broadband recently and it looks like i've finally got it sorted. We are on the 4mb package and i'm confused. When i do speed tests, or donwload from proper places ( apple ) then i get the full 4mb, but when i go on xbox live everything is slow, i keep getting disconnected and am having loads of problems. Web pages also sometimes take ages to load.
I'm using a wireless connection for both, going to an SMC networks router ( Wireless N 'barracuda' ? ). I'm wondering if the router is the problem ?
I was going to leave and go to 02, but i am sure it's not virgins fault now, and i want the 50mb when it comes out.
i had a very similar problem with them not to long ago
go to start.. then run, type "cmd".. then in the dos prompt type "ping bbc.co.uk"
when i had similar problems you explain i was getting 50,75,100 packet loss. i was told there was problem in my area and i waited 3 weeks for it to be fixed untill i finally rang them bak and threatened to leave and i was swapped servers and havent had a problem since.
Have you tried connecting it with a cable to see if you still get the problem? Try with different security settings on the router (wep / wpa / wpa2). Try differen't wireless signals to.
My brother had this problem, he connected it with the cable and its been fine since.
My brother had this problem, he connected it with the cable and its been fine since.
On VM 4Mb and find that recently loading web pages is really bad, last night half the sites i went on wouldn't load, just timed out. Went onto STEAM and loaded DOD:S and it performed perfectly, no network slowdown. Cabled direct to router and not using a proxy, so not sure what is causing that.