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2 fibre connections different ping

Daniel92 — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:45:00 GMT

Myself and my neighbour have the same bt full fibre package with the exact same set up. Running a speed test they get 5ms but when I run a speed test on my network I get 30ms.

we have disconnected all devices to ensure its a fair test. Considering we are the only 2 people connected to full fibre on our pole, and we have the same package and provider, why is my ping 30ms and my neighbour is much lower at 5ms?

Re: 2 fibre connections different ping

WSH — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:07:20 GMT

Any one of a number of reasons. To assume your ping will be the same as you neighbour’s is a bit like assuming traffic conditions will be the same for both of you when you drive into town. Even on the same road, a few minutes apart, it won’t be, of course.

Anything under 50ms is considered acceptable. People obsess about ping far too much. Human reaction times are about a 1/12 of a second or 85ms, so you’re not going to see the difference between 30 & 5. I’d be more concerned if it was varying a lot.

Re: 2 fibre connections different ping

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:27:18 GMT

@Daniel92

"Running a speed test they get 5ms but when I run a speed test on my network I get 30ms."

How exactly are you both running these speed tests?

Are you both using wired ethernet devices, (not WiFi), of a similar specification, using the same speed test website and if selectable, the same distant server, and at a similar time of day?

***EDIT***

@WSHwrote:

"Anything under 50ms is considered acceptable. People obsess about ping far too much. Human reaction times are about a 1/12 of a second or 85ms, so you’re not going to see the difference between 30 & 5."

I have recently moved to Zen Internet FTTP via CityFibre. For historical reasons I have for many years kept a spreadsheet of my broadband's performance. I still do a daily speedtest on Ookla to Zen's London server. My download latency always measure somewhere between 100 and 200miliseconds! As we are not gamers, we don't notice it.