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by firebat
Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: High ping
Replies: 7
Views: 2768

New modem, new ISP. Speed is much better at ~7 Mbps. Thanks for the tips!!
by firebat
Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:52 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: High ping
Replies: 7
Views: 2768

I called the ISP and they pinged me back at 6ms!??? How is that possible when I'm getting ~3000ms? Woudn't it be the same?
But anyways, they told me it was because my modem was old. The model is Ambit U10C018. Would just an old modem cause such a large ping? or are they lying to me? I didn't find ...
by firebat
Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:04 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: High ping
Replies: 7
Views: 2768

High ping

I'm getting ridiculously high ping, like ~5000ms. At time of post, it's gotten a little better ~3600ms. I am on cable and the speed is around 1Mbps. One computer is wired to the router and two others are connected wirelessly. I'm wondering why the ping is so high and what can I do to correct this ...