SAIX vs IS

[cavedog]

With battlefield 2 and COD 4 my ping for IS is about 30-40ms but when I use a SAIX unshaped account I get a ping off 80-100ms.

WHy is this. Even with a normal SAIX local only account my ping exceeds 80ms.

So I bought a IS 10GB local account and use route sentry.

Its very strange cause SAIX should be faster since I play on SAIX servers. And wort of all IS shaped account beaten the SAIX unshaped accounts?

SO what does this mean? If i use IS the route from me to SAIX is shorter than when I use SAIX.

I'm getting screen shots now so you can see the MAJOR difference.

 

[Kyubi_ZA]

I am on SAIX and experience a similar problem. at times my ping is about 70-125ms which really sucks when its above 100ms. I shoot the guy and when I see the replay, it shows he/she shot me without even firing my weapon

 

[Xyber]

Prolly depends on where the game server sits.
I can imagine a difference if your in Cape Town and the IS game server is also in CT while the SAIX game server sits in Joburg somewhere.

 

[techead]

Prolly depends on where the game server sits.
I can imagine a difference if your in Cape Town and the IS game server is also in CT while the SAIX game server sits in Joburg somewhere.

while that does make a difference, there is something else at work here

i used to have an axxess uncapped express fibre account, and the ping for WOW was useless. I used a webafrica unshaped (saix) prepaid for that because it was too bad!

now im back on axxess uncapped, this time the sat one, and the latency knocks the crap out of the webafrica unshaped (saix) account...

its really weird, but true!

so yes im also

 

[cavedog]

But local should be local right?

I use IS shaped account on SAIX servers = 30-45ms ping
I use SAIX unshaped account on SAIX servers = 80-110ms ping
palenie
The point is for me whether its local SAIX, shaped SAIX or Unshaped SAIX my ping is always higher than IS.

Why?