Ping Spikes at Night

[Zentex]

So. I have had this problem for about a week now. Around 12-1 AM, my internet's ping spikes up. I get 400 ping in multiplayer games... It's usually 30. This lasts all night, and is a pain. Called my ISP, (CenturyLink) and they said to restart my router.... IS THAT ALL THEY HAVE IN THEIR LITTLE BOOKLET FOR SUPPORT? Yeah so that didn't help as I tried that before spending 30 minutes on hold. I get 12 down (Used to be 20 but for some reason it's not available in my area anymore) and 1 up. I also have a wired connection. So if anyone has had this issue or knows how to fix it that would be greatly appreciated.

[ultimatemythbuster]

If the line servicing your house is shared with another customer (which it almost certainly is), other customers may be using a large amount of bandwidth during those times, causing your connection to slow.  Of course, it could also be your network that is generating a large amount of traffic at those times.

[Zentex]

3 hours ago, ultimatemythbuster said:

If the line servicing your house is shared with another customer (which it almost certainly is), other customers may be using a large amount of bandwidth during those times, causing your connection to slow.  Of course, it could also be your network that is generating a large amount of traffic at those times.

I doubt anyone is using a large amount of bandwith around here, I'm in this like, rural area but then its like 2 minutes away from a large town so it's kinda weird.  But I doubt people around here do anything more than checking their Facebook.

[austin2118ace]

Century Link is a joke of an ISP. We have them in a rural area and they claim the best DSL they can do is 1.5 MegaBit. At about 6 PM, when most people get off work, our already slow connection barely works. When we call and ask why they told us this area does not have any kind of serious infrastructure, nor do they plan to build it up. We were told if we didn't like our service to cancel it. When it rains the internet goes out and they have "no idea why." We would get satellite but it is more expensive and even less reliable. It sucks.

[Zentex]

2 hours ago, austin2118ace said:

Century Link is a joke of an ISP. We have them in a rural area and they claim the best DSL they can do is 1.5 MegaBit. At about 6 PM, when most people get off work, our already slow connection barely works. When we call and ask why they told us this area does not have any kind of serious infrastructure, nor do they plan to build it up. We were told if we didn't like our service to cancel it. When it rains the internet goes out and they have "no idea why." We would get satellite but it is more expensive and even less reliable. It sucks.

Damn that sucks man.