Does the internet speed really effect the ping?

BoxBoxes·Dec 15, 2016·1 votes·716 views

So, I am a boarder in the UK and I went back to Hong Kong in this Christmas, and my home internet plan is 1000m(Its real) and I still got around 250ping. How is it?

7 Comments

LordofEntropyDec 15, 20162 votes

Ping(latency) and bandwidth are different things. Very generally when you do have massive bandwidth, your latency tends to be lower since it's implied you have less hops to major network backbones, and your connection is unlikely to get choked by many people using it, but that's not a guarantee. If point A to point B is a great distance and many hops on the network, your latency is going to increase.

If you load an oil freighter full of 1TB hard-drives full of movies, which would be I don't know, several million of them, and ship them from Seattle to Hong Kong. Your bandwidth is extremely high, to the tune of several million TBs. But your latency(ping) is horrible, on the order of weeks.

Sona PingDec 15, 20161 votes

I enjoyed that example.

So much so that I'm replying to bookmark it.

MartensiticDec 15, 20161 votes

If you load an oil freighter full of 1TB hard-drives

That concept, in an even more hillarious form, not only exists, but is even an accepted and developed standard :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers

Deep Terror NamiDec 15, 20161 votes

It doesn't take much bandwidth to play League just fine, most latency is caused by your distance from the server, and there is nothing to be done about that except get closer to the server or pick a closer one to you.

CrazyBear1987Dec 15, 20161 votes

it's how long it takes for your connection in hong kong to go to the NA server. If your INTERNET connection is good it shouldn't matter, it's just telling you might have a micro delay in your actions. versus people playing directly in the US.

NiamhNyxDec 15, 20161 votes

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it's how long it takes for your connection in hong kong to go to the NA server. If your INTERNET connection is good it shouldn't matter, it's just telling you might have a micro delay in your actions. versus people playing directly in the US.

did you read that he is in EUW? And speed doesnt really matter when you get a certain distance. The route your connection takes might be longer or shorter, that is part of what can raise or lower your ping.

MartensiticDec 15, 20161 votes

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

Guys, please, can you just...you know...learn the first thing about how that thing on your desk works?

I miss the old times...when being a tech-nerd was a prerequisite to be able to play video games online in the first place...