Looking to improve latency

[Jun]

Hey there,

I'm looking to improve the overall latency I get from online gaming from international servers. This is mainly MMORP/RTS games and voice services like Skype and SAMS broadcaster.

I don't know much about networking and all the information I can provide at the moment is that I am running through UUNet with an uncapped 512 ADSL connection.

To play WoW, I run through Clipse's NukeCap's LowPing proxy. Latency is normally great, 500-600ms on a full server. The problem I'm experiancing from time to time is that between approx. 8:00 and 20:00, latency is stepping up to 1200-3000ms with the LowPing proxy. I highly doubt the problem lies on NukeCap's end. Latency was great until mid last week where it lags pretty much the same time every day. I had the same problem about a month and a half ago for about a week and on a few other occasions.

I've often browsed the South African forums looking for a straight answer, but since I'm inexperianced in Networking, I get lost easily.

I want to step up my connection speed and depending on the costs, go as fast as I can go. Can someone who often plays WoW regularly and who is experianced in this field please help me out? I'm looking for any kind of advice.

My connection through UUNet is maintained by a network administrator I know so I don't have any information on the connection. Is there any information you would like me to get that could help?

On a side note, I see that 1024kb/s is now being offered. Am I fool for believing that 1024kb/s is twice as fast as 512kb/s here in South Africa?

 

[Clipse]

Hey Jun

I dropped you email, dont think you received it by looking at this post.

The problem your having is related to UUNET uncapped services really going down the drain, latency locally is up and down from time to time, thats where the whole bottleneck comes in with high latencies as you explained above.

 

[Jun]

The problem your having is related to UUNET uncapped services really going down the drain, latency locally is up and down from time to time, thats where the whole bottleneck comes in with high latencies as you explained above.

I'm glad to hear there's something that can be done about it. I find ISP's tend to leave you in the dark when you're looking for answers.

What ISP and connection can you recommend I look to for good, reliable latency on WoW? 400-600ms during lunchtime is what I ideally need.

 

[fragtion]

Hey,
You may wish to read my thread here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=46133
It mainly addresses international latency on saix unshaped accounts, but since they provide the lowest international latency possible from any dsl accounts in South Africa (excluding using vpns over and above, etc.), I feel it indirectly applies to all other accounts aswell... certainly worth your time in reading imo.