Why the heck did my CS get so slow?

[FredFredrickson]

Maybe someone can help me out with this, it is really perplexing.
About a month ago I moved to a more urban area, and I got comcast cable internet. Hooked it up, got blazing fast (for me) at about 3200 kbps in bandwidth tests... everything ran great. After about two weeks, it started to slow down. Now, a month from when I got it, I can't play Counter-Strike anymore... i rarely get pings below 150 (used to get around 30!!!).

I'm on wireless through a linksys router, with one other computer connected. My roomate's computer isnt even on most of the time, so I know he's not using tons of bandwidth... We've got WEP enabled on the router, so nobody else is jacking our net. I run a pretty tight ship with my comp, and I hardly ever have any spyware or trojans on my machine, so that is not what it is...

I have tried installing the game on my roomate's computer, and get the same problem. I also have been testing the wirless connection by pinging it over and over, but I lately have been getting 0 or near 0 packet loss. I have even tried plugging directly into the cable modem itself, with a wire straight to my computer, and even though i get an even faster connecting with bandwidth tests, my game still lags like Im playing on a sh!tty connection.

Since Counter-Strike has thousands of servers all over the country, I can't say that it is a problem connecting to THE server, because there is no one server you have to connect to to play.

One thing that puzzles me is that when I go from connecting straight to the cable modem to connecting thru the router, even both plugged in with a cord, directly to my comp, I lose about 1000 kbps in bandwidth tests... but anyway...

not sure what could be going wrong... anyone have any suggestions / experienced something similar? All the comcast reps i've talked to say they can ping our modem just fine... : /

 

[Fardringle]

If you are having connection problems (slower speed and higher pings than you would expect) when connected directly to the cable modem, then the problem has to be with the cable connection itself. Remember that broadband cable is a shared connection, so everyone in your neighborhood that has cable Internet and digital/analog cable TV are sharing (or fighting) the connection with you and that can cause significant fluctuations in the speed of the connection.

I would call the cable company and tell them that your connection has become noticeably slower over the past two weeks and ask them what they can do to fix it. The fact that they can ping your modem only means that the connection is turned on and responding, it doesn't necessarily mean the connection is working the way it is supposed to...

 

[Tazanator]

run pingplotter and look at the router responses there...

 

[imported_Beavis]

I think You got Capped by Comcast HSI

I found this on Boardbandreports.com

They have something called "Invisible Caps"

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/35813

 

[FredFredrickson]

Man I hope not... I don't download that much stuff... and for the money we're paying to have this service, I should be able to at least play lag free games and surf the net fast, if nothing else.