Broadband problem?

[Rooter]

Gosh darn it! Fibre broadband is still in the "design" phase for my area. Stuck on 8 up and 1.5 down with pings in the 30s.

I'm all wired for gaming too so no other issues there.

I'm mostly playing rocket league and the ping makes a difference in the air.
Mostly ping in the 30s so only just on the good end.

out of interest (and boredom) my Ping to Sydney is 280ms, San Fran is 150, Durban is 200, New York is 60ms, Amsterdam is 14, London 10. Back to work now!

 

[ScienceBoy]

Ever tried gaming on those Martian TF2 servers? The ping is insane!

 

[richy]

You guys keep your router on 24/7? I switch mine off every night when we go to bed.
Seems daft keeping it on all the time unless you're hosting 'streaming services' or downloading stuff constantly. Maybe it's me that's doing it wrong.

That can cause issues. When you turn your router off the 'machine' thinks there's an issue as to why you've lost sync. It can slowly start dragging your speed down trying to get you back in sync which by then you've probably turned it back on and it now thinks that's the optimal speed for the line.....until you switch it off again.