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    <link>https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/pings-gone-from-12-18-to-40-50-over-last-6-months-and-gaming-has/m-p/2109043#M1208096</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;ok so i do alot of gaming , and the service used to be gr8 ,&amp;nbsp; however my ping times have over doubled in the last 6 months &amp;amp; now i really struggle to enjoy online gaming as we just get insta killed ,&amp;nbsp; we also keep getting matched with non&amp;nbsp; uk players 100%&amp;nbsp; as that's who our ping matches to the servers Its now&amp;nbsp; horrible&amp;nbsp; , i used to play against mainly welsh / english people ( i am in wales ) not its more spanish , german&amp;nbsp; and i dont understand either&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here is a tracert to google&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Tracing route to &lt;A href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;www.google.com&lt;/A&gt; [172.217.169.68]&lt;BR /&gt;over a maximum of 30 hops:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1 4 ms 2 ms 1 ms ARCHER_VR900 [192.168.1.1]&lt;BR /&gt;2 7 ms 8 ms 6 ms 172.16.16.81&lt;BR /&gt;3 * * * Request timed out.&lt;BR /&gt;4 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms 31.55.187.176&lt;BR /&gt;5 14 ms 13 ms 17 ms core1-hu0-12-0-3.southbank.ukcore.bt.net [195.99.127.44]&lt;BR /&gt;6 15 ms 16 ms 21 ms peer3-et-0-0-2.redbus.ukcore.bt.net [62.172.103.240]&lt;BR /&gt;7 14 ms 13 ms 14 ms 109.159.253.3&lt;BR /&gt;8 14 ms 17 ms 17 ms 216.239.40.81&lt;BR /&gt;9 19 ms 15 ms 15 ms 172.253.66.99&lt;BR /&gt;10 16 ms 14 ms 16 ms lhr48s09-in-f4.1e100.net [172.217.169.68]&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Trace complete.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The BT hub was terrible if more than one person was online&amp;nbsp; i now use a tplink archer vr900&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;for 99% of the 2 years&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;stats are :&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;DSL&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="status-panel-main l"&gt;&lt;DIV class="pure-control-group"&gt;Line Status: conneted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="pure-control-group"&gt;DSL Up Time:&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 day 20 hours 14 mins&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="pure-control-group"&gt;DSL Modulation Type:&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;VDSL2&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="pure-control-group"&gt;Annex Type:&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;A&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp; Upstream Downstream &lt;TABLE&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Current Rate (kbps)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;19999&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;79999&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Max Rate (kbps)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;27633&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;130922&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;SNR Margin (dB)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;15.5&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;21.4&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Line Attenuation (dB)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;12.8&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;6.3&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Errors (pkts)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;29&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;0&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;speed test from bt wholesale to laptop with ethernet&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-12"&gt;Summary of Performance Test&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="row"&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-6 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Timestamp&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;Tuesday 3 November 2020 | 14:14:27&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Ping&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;37&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Ms&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Download&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;41.32&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Mbps&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Upload&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;12.68&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Mbps&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;speed test ps4&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Ping&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;48&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Ms&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Download&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;65.12&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Mbps&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Upload&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;14.04&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Mbps&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;ps4 is wired&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;Ping is constantly this high&amp;nbsp; now and never drops&amp;nbsp; to the old super 15 ms ping ,&amp;nbsp; i live 200 yards from the cabinet&amp;nbsp; and at least 5 houses in this tiny village( my friends)&amp;nbsp; i've checked still have pings&amp;nbsp; 12-20 its just mine&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;, the only gamer and the only one on fiber2 lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;Anyone have any information on how this can be fixed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>jock2007</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-11-03T14:28:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>pings gone from 12 - 18 to 40-50 over last 6 months and gaming has suffered</title>
      <link>https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/pings-gone-from-12-18-to-40-50-over-last-6-months-and-gaming-has/m-p/2109043#M1208096</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;ok so i do alot of gaming , and the service used to be gr8 ,&amp;nbsp; however my ping times have over doubled in the last 6 months &amp;amp; now i really struggle to enjoy online gaming as we just get insta killed ,&amp;nbsp; we also keep getting matched with non&amp;nbsp; uk players 100%&amp;nbsp; as that's who our ping matches to the servers Its now&amp;nbsp; horrible&amp;nbsp; , i used to play against mainly welsh / english people ( i am in wales ) not its more spanish , german&amp;nbsp; and i dont understand either&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here is a tracert to google&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Tracing route to &lt;A href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;www.google.com&lt;/A&gt; [172.217.169.68]&lt;BR /&gt;over a maximum of 30 hops:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1 4 ms 2 ms 1 ms ARCHER_VR900 [192.168.1.1]&lt;BR /&gt;2 7 ms 8 ms 6 ms 172.16.16.81&lt;BR /&gt;3 * * * Request timed out.&lt;BR /&gt;4 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms 31.55.187.176&lt;BR /&gt;5 14 ms 13 ms 17 ms core1-hu0-12-0-3.southbank.ukcore.bt.net [195.99.127.44]&lt;BR /&gt;6 15 ms 16 ms 21 ms peer3-et-0-0-2.redbus.ukcore.bt.net [62.172.103.240]&lt;BR /&gt;7 14 ms 13 ms 14 ms 109.159.253.3&lt;BR /&gt;8 14 ms 17 ms 17 ms 216.239.40.81&lt;BR /&gt;9 19 ms 15 ms 15 ms 172.253.66.99&lt;BR /&gt;10 16 ms 14 ms 16 ms lhr48s09-in-f4.1e100.net [172.217.169.68]&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Trace complete.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The BT hub was terrible if more than one person was online&amp;nbsp; i now use a tplink archer vr900&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;for 99% of the 2 years&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;stats are :&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;DSL&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="status-panel-main l"&gt;&lt;DIV class="pure-control-group"&gt;Line Status: conneted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="pure-control-group"&gt;DSL Up Time:&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 day 20 hours 14 mins&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="pure-control-group"&gt;DSL Modulation Type:&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;VDSL2&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="pure-control-group"&gt;Annex Type:&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;A&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp; Upstream Downstream &lt;TABLE&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Current Rate (kbps)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;19999&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;79999&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Max Rate (kbps)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;27633&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;130922&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;SNR Margin (dB)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;15.5&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;21.4&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Line Attenuation (dB)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;12.8&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;6.3&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Errors (pkts)&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;29&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;0&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;speed test from bt wholesale to laptop with ethernet&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-12"&gt;Summary of Performance Test&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="row"&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-6 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Timestamp&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;Tuesday 3 November 2020 | 14:14:27&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Ping&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;37&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Ms&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Download&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;41.32&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Mbps&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Upload&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;12.68&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Mbps&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;speed test ps4&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Ping&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;48&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Ms&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Download&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;65.12&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Mbps&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="col-2 margin-ie font-space-for-result-summary"&gt;Upload&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;14.04&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Mbps&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;ps4 is wired&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;Ping is constantly this high&amp;nbsp; now and never drops&amp;nbsp; to the old super 15 ms ping ,&amp;nbsp; i live 200 yards from the cabinet&amp;nbsp; and at least 5 houses in this tiny village( my friends)&amp;nbsp; i've checked still have pings&amp;nbsp; 12-20 its just mine&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;, the only gamer and the only one on fiber2 lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;Anyone have any information on how this can be fixed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class="style-for-div-summary"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/pings-gone-from-12-18-to-40-50-over-last-6-months-and-gaming-has/m-p/2109043#M1208096</guid>
      <dc:creator>jock2007</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-11-03T14:28:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: pings gone from 12 - 18 to 40-50 over last 6 months and gaming has suffered</title>
      <link>https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/pings-gone-from-12-18-to-40-50-over-last-6-months-and-gaming-has/m-p/2109645#M1208097</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;talkative bunch on here ain't we , this post so far has been almost as useless as the phone call with bt support lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:13:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/pings-gone-from-12-18-to-40-50-over-last-6-months-and-gaming-has/m-p/2109645#M1208097</guid>
      <dc:creator>jock2007</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-11-05T19:13:29Z</dc:date>
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