High Latency In WoW When Using Skype?

[DAnDan]

This seems like a very strange problem to me, but may be one that some of you here know how to sort, hopefully.

Basically, whenever I am on Skype, while playing WoW, my latency in WoW goes from around 150 (average) to somewhere in the thousands, usually 1,500 - 2,000ms. If I close skype, this goes away.

I assumed that maybe skype was using a lot of bandwith, but according to task manager, I'm still below 1% usage on my wireless, so I don't see how that could be affecting it.

Anyone have a clue what's going on? A fairly brief google search didn't help either.

Thanks all

 

[DAnDan]

Had posted this here earlier thinking it might be the better place to put it as it's not specifically about a game, but I guess it may have been better off in PC Games? If a mod could move it over for me that would be great.

 

[DAnDan]

That's what I had thought, but looking at the connection usage it's still way under maximum as I said.

Guess it's worth taking a closer look at the bandwidth usage.

 

[DAnDan]

That's the thing though, the bandwidth I was referring to was the internet connection,it's sitting far under what it would do at full speed, but still lagging to high hell .

Ah well, back to uni later today, works alright there. Thanks for the help guys.