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Ping spikes when gaming & using Netflix or other v...

by sw4ny in Archive Staging
‎04-10-2020 13h36
‎04-10-2020 13h36
As the title says, when gaming and someone streams Netflix or Amazon Prime video then my latency in-game starts spiking.   My download is about 60 Mbps, upload 20 Mbps & ping is 25 ms. 

Ping spikes whilst using video streaming services

by RyanC95 in Archive Staging
‎25-06-2021 23h17
‎25-06-2021 23h17
Hi, I've been experiencing regular ping spikes whenever I'm playing a multiplayer game and someone else at home is using Netflix, Amazon etc. I can see from many forum posts that this appears to b...
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  • ...etween outside to router. I used the browser on xbox for hub settings and tried just using 2.4ghz or 5...

High Ping Spikes & Heavy Fluctuations in Speeds wh...

by M3Pearson in Archive Staging
‎05-10-2021 23h24
‎05-10-2021 23h24
Good Evening, I have a major problem with my BT Internet which has been ongoing now for a very, very long time. Basically, whenever somebody else within the house streams via Netflix, Prime o...

High ping latency

by misterBaz in Archive Staging
‎19-09-2021 10h53
‎19-09-2021 10h53
...laying altogether. I think it's because of my ping rate.   This was run from a laptop whilst standing 5 metres from the smart hub in direct line of sight. The TV that we use streaming services o...

High ping / latency

by Robbo365 in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎14-03-2023 22h07
‎14-03-2023 22h07
...nusual broadband, in that I have large peaks in my ping latencies. ?I hope I have relayed this correctly. I used a ping checker online and it did showed that when my TV freezes, there is a large spike in m...

Streaming on Netflix causing ping spikes on PC run...

by limbub12 in Archive Staging
‎22-05-2021 13h43
‎22-05-2021 13h43
...laying games in HD because I used to do it before. But for some reason in the past couple of weeks BT seems to route Netflix in higher priority than others.  It is impossible for me to play g...

High Ping and Slow Internet Speeds

by Adam50n306 in Archive Staging
‎08-06-2020 15h19
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‎08-06-2020 15h19
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Hi,  TL;DR —  In the past week or two we've been having issues with high ping and extremely slow internet speeds making our regular use of the internet a nightmare.   We've been c...
  • Tags:
  • fibre
  • Fibre broadband
  • high ping
  • latency
  • ping
  • slow speeds

Gaming - Network Stability / sporadic high ping / ...

by Craigo110 in Archive Staging
‎24-11-2020 18h50
‎24-11-2020 18h50
...he only person on (  mother uses Netflix from time to time  )  I have attempted to trouble shoot with changing Ethernet cables / changing DNS settings for console / port forwarding ect&n...
  • Tags:
  • gaming
  • high ping
  • packet loss
  • stability issues

Re: Ping spikes making online gaming unplayable

by Cyanotic in Archive Staging
‎27-01-2021 0h48
‎27-01-2021 0h48
...ll my cables, my equipment, and I've also connected directly my PC to the router, but still, I got huge spikes. Here are other evidences using PingPlotter, Ping and a speed test.
  • Tags:
  • gaming
  • lag
  • ping
  • Streaming

Ping spikes

by Davosi in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎18-02-2024 18h05
‎18-02-2024 18h05
Hi,    I have the bt smart hub 2. Since December whenever I connect any devices to the WiFi, phones, tv, laptop… they cause my pc and PlayStation to be unstable online. Consistent ping s...
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  • Ping spikes WiFi broadband lag packet loss mobile phone
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  • ...artner was using bbc iPlayer, nothing else and the ping was spiking. As soon as she paused it, it s...
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