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ethan103 · 19-06-2016, 18:35

Recently I've been getting jitter in online games, where my ping will constantly change/range from 15-35ms, whereas my friend a few miles away on BT Infinitely is locked on 22ms constant.

I wanted to ask, does that extra little box/wire add anything to latency/jitter?

I mean the the one that is added just before the router and normally inserted into the white VM box inside the house?

A new install meant that the VM technician couldn't insert that little black & silver box into the white housing, so he added a cable version instead.

I'm pretty sure it won't really affect anything but just wanted to double check.

On a side note,

I have the SHUB3 - at first the WiFi was amazing on my iPhone 6S Plus, I was getting 180Mbps - but then recently, it's dropped off to 40 max. On the PC hard wired, I still get 209 Mbps though and I've tried a few devices, all 40-ish max?

Thanks 😊

19-06-2016, 18:35	#1
ethan103 Inactive Join Date: May 2009 Location: Manchester Services: VM350, Sky Q Silver. Posts: 410	Can the little power surge protection box/wire add to latency/jitter? Recently I've been getting jitter in online games, where my ping will constantly change/range from 15-35ms, whereas my friend a few miles away on BT Infinitely is locked on 22ms constant. I wanted to ask, does that extra little box/wire add anything to latency/jitter? I mean the the one that is added just before the router and normally inserted into the white VM box inside the house? A new install meant that the VM technician couldn't insert that little black & silver box into the white housing, so he added a cable version instead. I'm pretty sure it won't really affect anything but just wanted to double check. On a side note, I have the SHUB3 - at first the WiFi was amazing on my iPhone 6S Plus, I was getting 180Mbps - but then recently, it's dropped off to 40 max. On the PC hard wired, I still get 209 Mbps though and I've tried a few devices, all 40-ish max? Thanks 😊