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Westeh
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Reg'd: Wed
Posts: 82
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Hey
I have Telewest 2mb Broadband although when i phoned them to ask,i was informed i have been upgraded to 4mb for free.....
The problem i am having is that every morning when i wake up and turn my pc on,i get a solid connection and roughly a 40ping when playing online games etc,along with a rough speed of 150kb/s on downloads.
HOWEVER...when it hits roughly 3/4/5pm at night.....my download speed drops to about 60kb/s TOPS and my ping in games in anything from 150 to 200ms and i get Red spikes of packetloss everywhere...
This has been going on for months and months now,and i really cannot explain it.
Do u think this is just Telewests problem and the fact that my area (Kingswood,Bristol) is over loaded with customers?or do u think it could be something else?.
I should mention that i am using a netgear router as 2 pc's are running from the modem BUT like i say,even with both pc's on in the morning i get fantastic ping and d/l speeds,but after a certain time it just goes crap...
I have tried unplugging the other pc and just using my pc connected to the router alone,but this makes no difference at all.
I would appreciate any help or info if any1 has any ideas etc?thanks.
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ciscokid
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Reg'd: Sun
Posts: 324
Loc: musicland where music rocks
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maybe loads of people are doing the same as you at that time of night, but in the daytime not using the PC
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BedstorfromAP
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Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 4169
Loc: 32 Bus Stops West of Wigan UK
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The times you mention are roughly 10AM- midday-1PM in the North American Time Zones(Peak), if the Game site Server you connect to is located there? Speed does go down sharply on a busy server (when America starts coming online) and B) there are no alternative servers to switch to 
Check this out.Worth making a reserve character to play when it's busy
I think 40 is a decent frame rate though once it drops into the "teens" and the screen is crowded with other players characters, then consider swapping characters/Server if possible?  Unless you are auto allocated to a server when you log on?
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Denisimo
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Reg'd: Wed
Posts: 859
Loc: East Sussex UK
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That phenonemom is relative to how many people are on line at any one time. Certainly from 3.30pm onwards is always a busy time as more users are on line hence it slows down (dont forget 3.30 here is about 10.00am in the USA and millions more people will be online for the next 3 to 6 hours. Hope this helps to explain slow down without getting to technical
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