Does your ping depend on the internet speed ?

[GeneralTheoryOfBadassery]

I recently upgraded my broadband plan .. I used to get ping of about 150ms while playing on a server about 2000 miles away from my location ..

I had 10 down and 1 up ..

Now I've upgraded to 30down 6up thinking that i may get a better ping ..

But I'm still getting the same ping .. .. Why is that ??

And .. BTW. Which isp's have a good ping ??

[Comessy]

Ping has nothing to do with speed

[Raudi_]

I recently upgraded my broadband plan .. I used to get ping of about 150ms while playing on a server about 2000 miles away from my location ..

I had 10 down and 1 up ..

Now I've upgraded to 30down 6up thinking that i may get a better ping ..

But I'm still getting the same ping .. .. Why is that ??

And .. BTW. Which isp's have a good ping ??

If I recall correctly, your ping is gonna end up being based on the Host ISP Server location. Like for me when I upgraded from 15 down  1 up to 50 Down 5 Up my ping got worse because the Host ISP server was further away.

[JefferyD90]

Download and upload isn't a measure of speed. It is a measure of throughput. Ping on the other hand is DIRECTLY related to speed of the network.

If you want your ping to be better then you need to do a few things, better equipment will help. Finding a better modem, router, and adapters will all account for maybe 5ms better response time for each device. This is assuming that the equipment you have now is of average quality.

Other than that, the determining factor is the route that your data will take. For example, if you live in NYC and you're trying to get to a LA data center, if your data went from NYC > Chicago > Denver > LA that would be faster than lets say NYC > Chicago > Atlanta > Dallas > Denver > Seattle > LA. This part is really something you cant control and your ISP just has to get better.

[MastuhWaffles]

It's server. For like, when I play wot, there is no central server where I live so I have much higher ping on the east and west.

[QueenDemetria]

Ping is independent of speed, however it is related to connection quality and distance. So, if you have a poor connection ping will go up, and the longer the distance the more ping you will have. As for what ISP's have good ping, it varies, so there is no easy answer(as in, your neighbor could have Comcast and have 15ms of ping, while you have 45ms on Comcast, while I have 100ms on Comcast in a different city).

[Blade of Grass]

Download and upload isn't a measure of speed. It is a measure of throughput. Ping on the other hand is DIRECTLY related to speed of the network.

If you want your ping to be better then you need to do a few things, better equipment will help. Finding a better modem, router, and adapters will all account for maybe 5ms better response time for each device. This is assuming that the equipment you have now is of average quality.

Other than that, the determining factor is the route that your data will take. For example, if you live in NYC and you're trying to get to a LA data center, if your data went from NYC > Chicago > Denver > LA that would be faster than lets say NYC > Chicago > Atlanta > Dallas > Denver > Seattle > LA. This part is really something you cant control and your ISP just has to get better.

Let's not get our terms mixed up. Download and upload is a measure of network throughput, and throughput is a measurement of speed. In networking speed refers to how fast you can send data (5MB per second, for example).

Now, latency on the other hand is how long it takes for the data to go from point a to point b. This is ping.

Ping times can be independent or dependent on speed. If your network is being maxed, then your ping will get higher (because packets have to wait in queue which takes up additional time), but, your network will usually have a 'base ping' that it will normally be around (assuming you're not mexed) because that is the time it physically takes for your data to travel through the network to the server.

[Aniallation]

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Although this is partly correct, throughput (speed along with capacity), and ping (latency) are not the same thing. You can have great speed and low ping (gigabit transfer speeds to a server, but takes minutes to connect), and vice versa (connects to server almost instantly, but transfer speeds of data are slow). This is why although the speed of today's WiFi technology is now excellent compared to, and in some cases faster, then gigabit Ethernet, going wired is still the best way to have the lowest latency.

[GrimNeo]

Let's not get our terms mixed up. Download and upload is a measure of network throughput, and throughput is a measurement of speed. In networking speed refers to how fast you can send data (5MB per second, for example).

Now, latency on the other hand is how long it takes for the data to go from point a to point b. This is ping.

Ping times can be independent or dependent on speed. If your network is being maxed, then your ping will get higher (because packets have to wait in queue which takes up additional time), but, your network will usually have a 'base ping' that it will normally be around (assuming you're not mexed) because that is the time it physically takes for your data to travel through the network to the server.

This is the best answer.

[arronleeds]

Ping can also be to do with fibre or copper quality, I've know people to have 2mbps and have 13ms ping which is pretty insane for such low speed, heck mines the same as that on 80 down 20 up.

just don't plau servers that are so far away, play ones that are some what local, or maybe Google the best isp in your area and see if you can get a deal with them.