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Ping all over the place

sspen63
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Ping all over the place

I've just switched to plusnet from BT Infinity 2, my speed and everything is fine and my ping is low at times however it fluctuates a lot.
Pinging bbc.co.uk 5 times I see varations from 17ms to 70ms and playing CSGO my ping also fluctuates by about 30ms.
Any ideas?
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Chris
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Re: Ping all over the place

Are you using a wired or wireless connection?
I've just tested your line and it's detecting a potential issue in the local network, can you run through the troubleshooter here so we can do some more testing? https://faults.plus.net
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sspen63
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Re: Ping all over the place

The troubleshooter wasn't very relevant to my issue but I've went through it anyway.
By a potential issue in the local network what do you mean?
hillyfields123
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Re: Ping all over the place

Probably referring to the 'last mile' from the exchange to your premises.
sspen63
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Re: Ping all over the place

I've suspected for a while now that there's been an issue with my line.
I get a lot of errors on the line no matter what device I use, what cables I use or even a new faceplate. An engineer came out last year when I complained at BT for a similar issue and couldn't find anything wrong...
hillyfields123
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Re: Ping all over the place

As in FEC errors?
Have you tried doing the Quiet Line Test? Call 17070 option 2 and check for any noise on the line. It should be completely silent.
sspen63
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Re: Ping all over the place

Line is perfectly quiet.
I've checked the stats on my HG612 and for 9 days uptime I have very low error count, not sure those are FEC errors though, think it was CRC.
Chris
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Re: Ping all over the place

Sorry if I missed it, but are you wired or wireless?
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sspen63
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Re: Ping all over the place

Wired
Engineer came out and said the line was perfect.
A friend on sky fibre gets consistent low 20ms pings on CSGO whereas mine can sometimes be 30ms higher.
I tried changing the gateway I was connected to and it helped for a bit before my pings climbed back to the usual level again...
sspen63
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Re: Ping all over the place

Something is majorly wrong, I'm now getting rubberbanding effect in games where character will stutter forwards and backwards.
Here's my pingtest result....
MatthewWheeler
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Re: Ping all over the place

Our testing isn't showing any issues although you are maxing out your upload on a regular basis.
Have you made sure there's nothing running in the background when your carrying out a speedtest?
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sspen63
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Re: Ping all over the place

The only time I max out my upload is when uploading files for work.
Nothing was uploading when I ran that pingtest yesterday, nothing that I'm aware of anyway.
Still getting the same results today.
sspen63
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Re: Ping all over the place

As you can see my TBB chart is a joke, gaming is a laggy mess.