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Jon M · 03-11-2005, 10:18

Ping is affected only by distance (hops), and traffic.
Bandwidth only helps if there is local traffic like a p2p application running. It cannot however, reduce ping when compared to the same connection under low contention/usage.

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Jon M Inactive Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: East Midlands Age: 48 Services: Rural BB - Radio Link via Virgin Fibre Posts: 2,947	Re: ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase Ping is affected only by distance (hops), and traffic. Bandwidth only helps if there is local traffic like a p2p application running. It cannot however, reduce ping when compared to the same connection under low contention/usage.