Lag in game from friend browsing web?

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Hi guys, tried to google this but couldn't exactly find much as it's odd issue i've never had in the past....

TLDR i'm in game say an FPS like cs go, bf1 etc whenever my friend browses the web (not even watching videos just opening web pages etc) I experience massive lag spikes that come and go.... which is weird because we have a 20mb connection. So there is no way just browsing a few web pages should do this...

I'm with Sky on their broadband package, my guess is the router is funky?

Anyone have any suggestions / ideas to fix this?
 
Confirm your own network before suspecting your WAN connection. Is the connection to the router from your PC wireless or wired? If wireless, try connecting either device with a cable and see if the problem goes away. Wireless can be pesky for things like this.
 
see my thread, ive been having huge latency spikes with sky lately in the evenings whilst im gaming, no other devices on my router etc
 
Yes, browsing webpages will saturate a 20Mb connection.

20/8=2.5MB. Lots of webpages are bigger than 2.5MB once they've loaded all assets.
 
Thanks for replies guys.

Just putting note here so no one else posts. No need for a solution.

I'm just going to upgrade to fibre, some good deals going around lately and I feel like my broadband just sucks. :D
 
You could always try setting quality of service on your router, if it is the web traffic saturating your connection then setting it as a lower priority than your game traffic should make a significant difference.
 
Zefan said:
Confirm your own network before suspecting your WAN connection. Is the connection to the router from your PC wireless or wired? If wireless, try connecting either device with a cable and see if the problem goes away. Wireless can be pesky for things like this.
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Sky router is really bad and doesn't support QoS IIRC. I have this exact same issue.

Basically what happens is when a new website is loaded it temporarily saturates the connection for a split-second, causing lag spikes for other network users. Not really noticeable if you're browsing or streaming Netflix, but in-game you can feel it.
 
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