US Servers

[BiggerBagger13]

I live in Pheonix, and I used to have amazing ping. Now my ping has dropped like crazy. One time it was over 3000. Did they move the US Servers by any chance. If not, why is my ping so bad now?

 

[Etos]

To my knowledge, the servers are hosted in Arizona, and have not moved. It is most likely your internet. Check your router to make sure there is nothing blocking the signal or something like that. If nothing is wrong with your router, it's probably something in your house taking up a lot of your internet.

 

[subtato]

Based on the IP you're posting from, I'd have to say it's just Comcast. It's more common to hear complaints from Comcast users due to higher latency, which normally just turns out to be network congestion.
Network congestion is basically like traffic while driving. If there are too many cars on the highway (lets say Maricopa Freeway, since that's next to the datacenter and I've driven that back and forth to Fry's a bunch...), and all 3 or 4 lanes are packed, you're not going to be getting through very quickly. That's what your network traffic is likely doing over at Comcast.

Comcast is known to be a real... "delight," for a lack of a descriptive word that isn't foul.

 

[KiDD]

Based on the IP you're posting from, I'd have to say it's just Comcast. It's more common to hear complaints from Comcast users due to higher latency, which normally just turns out to be network congestion.
Network congestion is basically like traffic while driving. If there are too many cars on the highway (lets say Maricopa Freeway, since that's next to the datacenter and I've driven that back and forth to Fry's a bunch...), and all 3 or 4 lanes are packed, you're not going to be getting through very quickly. That's what your network traffic is likely doing over at Comcast.

Comcast is known to be a real... "delight," for a lack of a descriptive word that isn't foul.

With that being said, I'm assuming your connection shouldn't stay like that for too long. If you've had Comcast long enough, I'm also assuming this isn't the first time this has happened (sorry Comcast). Hopefully it doesn't stay like that.

 

[Ceroria]

Based on the IP you're posting from, I'd have to say it's just Comcast. It's more common to hear complaints from Comcast users due to higher latency, which normally just turns out to be network congestion.
Network congestion is basically like traffic while driving. If there are too many cars on the highway (lets say Maricopa Freeway, since that's next to the datacenter and I've driven that back and forth to Fry's a bunch...), and all 3 or 4 lanes are packed, you're not going to be getting through very quickly. That's what your network traffic is likely doing over at Comcast.

Comcast is known to be a real... "delight," for a lack of a descriptive word that isn't foul.

Huh, that's funny. I have Xfinity myself and have more than satisfactory up/down speeds, and average 70-75ms to US from Pennsylvania. It could be that I have a higher quality package, but from opinions of friends, I've heard the two have very similar performances (when I say the two, I'm comparing it to FiOS).

 

[subtato]

Huh, that's funny. I have Xfinity myself and have more than satisfactory up/down speeds, and average 70-75ms to US from Pennsylvania. It could be that I have a higher quality package, but from opinions of friends, I've heard the two have very similar performances (when I say the two, I'm comparing it to FiOS).

The internet doesn't work the way you're thinking it does. Think of it this way: You have multiple options to drive from PA to AZ. You could take I-40 W, I-40 W and I-80 W, or simply I-80 W. I-40 W may be congested/have heavy traffic around half way, just after the I-80 W exit. I-80 W may have traffic up until the I-40 W comes onto I-80 W. Optimally, you'd take I-40 W, then take I-80 W to avoid congestion/traffic.

With the internet, there are numerous carriers: Level3, Cogent, Savvis, CenturyLink, Hurricane Electric, Time Warner Telecom (NOT Time Warner Cable), Time Warner Cable, Google... the list goes on. They're basically the highways of the internet. Just because you have great connectivity doesn't mean somewhere else does. It doesn't necessarily mean you have a "higher quality" package, in fact, Comcast chooses to use lower quality "highways" (routes) because it's cheaper for them.

 

[Ceroria]

The internet doesn't work the way you're thinking it does. Think of it this way: You have multiple options to drive from PA to AZ. You could take I-40 W, I-40 W and I-80 W, or simply I-80 W. I-40 W may be congested/have heavy traffic around half way, just after the I-80 W exit. I-80 W may have traffic up until the I-40 W comes onto I-80 W. Optimally, you'd take I-40 W, then take I-80 W to avoid congestion/traffic.

With the internet, there are numerous carriers: Level3, Cogent, Savvis, CenturyLink, Hurricane Electric, Time Warner Telecom (NOT Time Warner Cable), Time Warner Cable, Google... the list goes on. They're basically the highways of the internet. Just because you have great connectivity doesn't mean somewhere else does. It doesn't necessarily mean you have a "higher quality" package, in fact, Comcast chooses to use lower quality "highways" (routes) because it's cheaper for them.

That makes a lot of sense now, given the analogy, thanks. Do some service providers have better "quality" or higher functioning "highways" in certain places compared to others? For example, could the Comcast connection in Arizona have worse "highway" options than it would out here near Philly? I do understand that Comcast may not be the best, but I find it somewhat unstable. Take this for example. My parents are divorced, and I visit both frequently. Both have Comcast as their carriers, however at my mom's house I tend to get 70-80up/15-18down compared to 25-30up/8-11down at my dad's. Is this just a result of actual router quality? I am hardwired at my mom's, but it shouldn't be that drastic of a difference. My mom recently got a new router, and our speeds didn't skyrocket, but they did go up by 3-5 each.

 

[subtato]

That makes a lot of sense now, given the analogy, thanks. Do some service providers have better "quality" or higher functioning "highways" in certain places compared to others? For example, could the Comcast connection in Arizona have worse "highway" options than it would out here near ? I do understand that Comcast may not be the best, but I find it somewhat unstable. Take this for example. My parents are divorced, and I visit both frequently. Both have Comcast as their carriers, however at my mom's house I tend to get 70-80up/15-18down compared to 25-30up/8-11down at my dad's. Is this just a result of actual router quality? I am hardwired at my mom's, but it shouldn't be that drastic of a difference. My mom recently got a new router, and our speeds didn't skyrocket, but they did go up by 3-5 each.

Yes, some providers do prioritize better carriers over the cheaper carriers, but generally that's traffic through a datacenter.
For local traffic, sometimes yes, it'll take better routes, sometimes it'll take exactly the same routes, just obviously not as far of a distance.

In regards to your situation between your mom and dad's place, using an ethernet cable does definitely make all the difference, because in a normal situation, you're likely using a Wireless G capable modem, not Wireless N or AC. Wireless G supports up to 54Mb/s, while Wireless N supports up to 300Mb/s. Because of congestion (again) over the air with wireless interference, your connection over wireless may suffer. Your dad's service may also not be the same as at your mom's.