[Baim]

My ping has been +-100 for a while .....
this month my internet connection improved from download 10.000kbps to 15.000 kbps and upload 256kbps to 512kbps
but

my ping is still the same ...... +-100 ?
so it isn't possible to improve your ping ?

[Sounds]

i don't think you know exactly what ping is. ping is how long it takes to get from point a to point b. many factors go into this, the majority of them being outside of both of our networks.

how fast your internet connection is will generally have no impact on your ping(unless you're on like 56k or near it). Our server has 100mbit(100.000kbps) up/down.

[Baim]

oh so thats gay ... anyway doesn't matter aslong as i own

[werth]

there are some factors. good network cards (and other components) can actually improve your ping ~10ms, due to the card physically handling the I/O rather than the mobo/cpu. for the most part, no you can not do anything about. as sounds stated, as long as you dont have a 56k modem, 1mbit/10mbit wont make a difference.

lets put it this way.
256kbps upload line: you send info to the server, it takes 100ms to transmit 10KB (80kb)
512kbps upload line: you send info to the server, it takes 99ms to transmit 10KB (80kb)

either way, the line can support MUCH more than 10KB, so your not saturating the line. if you start to transmit more, say 50KB (400kb), then you may notice a diff, your line will be bottlenecked, resulting in lag/ping spikes

also, depends on the "exact" speeds of your network. most companies advertise "up to xx mbit". if you read the disclaimer (i see this all the time mostly with dsl)

dsl around here is usually "up to 5mbps"-- in fine print "we will only notify you if speeds are under 2mbps)
so most of the time your getting "up to" ie. dependant on the connection in your area and if others around you are using the same line.

Im lucky, I have 10mbit down and 1mbit up, but its TRUE. opening, say newsgroups, I get 1.1-1.2 MB/s consistent (ie. almost 9.xx mbit) ive seen it spike well into 1.3/1.4 sometimes. my upload is right up to 1mbit too.

[Cristobal Alamo]

ive done everything involving connection and it doesnt work

[Knott]

i moved across the country baim and went from 3mbps to 20mbps and my ping doubled so its all about location/routing to the server.. sucks big fat hairy balls eh.

[Cristobal Alamo]

yeah but a guy i know lives farther south than me and has better ping

[pcgamer]

Lower ping can be achieved by a) Better routing by your ISP to the distant server. b) Distance. NOT internet speed

Cristobal, you friend probably has an ISP that provides better routing than you...

[carrot]

It's all up to your ISP and the nodes you are passing trough to get to the server.

For NoBS I was getting 90 ping when playing from Romania (one third of the planet away) and 60 ping when playing from NY.
I suggest tracert the server and see where the bottlenecks are. In my case I'm below 20ms up to a point and about 70ms at a freaking node that sucks ass. After that the ping differential is about 10ms but that 1 node cramps my style. In theory I could be getting ping 20 - 25 on NoBS if it wasn't for that 1 fkn node.

The internet speed (read "pipe width") can oly come into play when you are using your pipe close to max capacity. Other than that a 56K modem can get a better ping than you.