Parrot of Doom
08-03-2006, 22:28
Hi there
I've been playing numerous online games for years, never had any problems with my ping or lag of any description.
Today, while trying to play, I've been getting some fairly annoying lag spikes, which is making the game unplayable. I did a screencap, which you can see here:
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2006/03/23.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83618918@N00/109785035/)
Now, three things could have precipitated this problem in my opinion:
1) NTL UK are doing some fiddling, and their service is still broken. I had all kinds of problems yesterday with internet access, and I can see from a related thread that I wasn't the only one.
2) I have installed Firefox. Can't see that being a problem though.
3) I have updated Zonealarm pro 4.5 to Zonealarm pro 6.1. I can't see this being a problem either (since removed it and installed the free basic version, latest update)
The chief suspect is NTL - can you guys help me, perhaps suggest some way I can confirm this? Is there a site or programme that can test for these kinds of things? Download speeds appear to be ok, I've tried a few big files from various places and they all max out at 2MB.
Are any other gamers experiencing these problems? I live in SW Manchester. I'm connected through a settop box on the 2Meg service, its a Samsung silver box IIRC. Internet and email are fine at the time of posting.
I've been playing numerous online games for years, never had any problems with my ping or lag of any description.
Today, while trying to play, I've been getting some fairly annoying lag spikes, which is making the game unplayable. I did a screencap, which you can see here:
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2006/03/23.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/83618918@N00/109785035/)
Now, three things could have precipitated this problem in my opinion:
1) NTL UK are doing some fiddling, and their service is still broken. I had all kinds of problems yesterday with internet access, and I can see from a related thread that I wasn't the only one.
2) I have installed Firefox. Can't see that being a problem though.
3) I have updated Zonealarm pro 4.5 to Zonealarm pro 6.1. I can't see this being a problem either (since removed it and installed the free basic version, latest update)
The chief suspect is NTL - can you guys help me, perhaps suggest some way I can confirm this? Is there a site or programme that can test for these kinds of things? Download speeds appear to be ok, I've tried a few big files from various places and they all max out at 2MB.
Are any other gamers experiencing these problems? I live in SW Manchester. I'm connected through a settop box on the 2Meg service, its a Samsung silver box IIRC. Internet and email are fine at the time of posting.