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Latency In Games

Slixzy — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:53:37 GMT

My friend and I play the same game at the same time, and we only live 10 minutes from each other. Except he has the 500Mbps plan, while I have the gigabit fibe 1.5. Somehow he gets lower latency than me in an actual game. I like to play competitively and latency matters allot. I called tech support multiple times but they keep on telling me to do the basic stuff (un plug and plug it back in etc.) I was wondering if anyone could help me. I think its a routing issue. I have a better PC everything than my fiends PC, but still he somehow manages to get lower latency to the servers. What's the point of having fast internet when someone who has 1/3rd of your speeds still gets lower latency lol. Might be time to downgrade or change ISPs and hope I get better routing to the servers with them.
For more Info, I'm playing on ethernet (cat 6e) cable and my motherboard is a Asus ROG Z390-F which is capable of 2.5g+ internet speeds.

Re: Latency In Games

dks — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 15:24:32 GMT

Welcome to the reality of gaming. No ISP has any control of routing and latency beyond their own network. Once your packets leave any ISP's network they are at the mercy of internet routing tables along the way to their destination and the number of players on the destination server. A ping or latency under 30 ms is very playable. Over 150 ms and you will have issues playing. Some gaming servers boot you out automatically over a certain ping or latency. Unfortunately, ping or latency is a variable factor based on any number of factors. Computer power really isn't a factor, nor, as you have found, is your profile. Bell has no influence, either. You can find a good primer on ping or latency and gaming here.

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:32:28 GMT

If you are using the same ISP (Bell), the routing will be identical. If you want to verify you could both run a tracert to the game servers, and it should match.

How are you measuring in game latency? Latency to the server can and will differ from in game latency. Games add artificial latency to ensure a level latency playing field as much as possible.

What is the actual latency? If you are 15 msec and your friend has 3msec, you will still both be the same latency in game because of what I described above.

Re: Latency In Games

Slixzy — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:17:21 GMT

Thank you for your reply and explaining how latency works. My friend sees "18ms" while I see "30ms" beside the same server. We play Fortnite and its all about who has lower delay so it just gets really annoying because whoever has less delay usually wins 80% of the time.

Re: Latency In Games

dks — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:25:22 GMT

I feel your pain. When I did more gaming, i hated the players with low pings. When I understood that it was beyond my control, I learned to enjoy the game and still have fun.

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:36:00 GMT

Can sometimes be caused by system settings that are not optimal. You can try making sure you use a wired connection in case you use wireless, and drop down the graphics in game quality.

Also check your network driver settings and ensure IP4 is offloaded as much as possible. Flow control can be another factor, so can any firewall setting that is to high for the resources of the firewall.

Re: Latency In Games

SoSnobbb — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:41:11 GMT

Did you figure out how to fix this . I have the same exact problem . When I was on the 500plan I had better performance that now that I have upgraded to the 1.5 plan . I also play Fn and most of the time I'm over 50ms latency even if my ping on FN show 10 to 20 I still know I'm lagging. It;s so obvious when I'm not lagging, I do much better . Hope to hear from you , thx

Re: Latency In Games

Slixzy — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:44:41 GMT

Nope. I barely play the game now so I don’t even care and when I was looking for a solution, I couldn’t find any. You can read the other replies on here nd see if they work but I don’t think there’s a real solution because you can’t change the route ur packets take to the server after they’ve left ISP thingy? Idk if I’m making sense lol.

Re: Latency In Games

SoSnobbb — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:04:06 GMT

Thx for the reply . I guess it is what it is and we'll never be pro players. lol. .

Re: Latency In Games

Slixzy — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:46:34 GMT

LOL you could try getting a new modem from bell cuz that will give u a new IP address and maybe ur routing will be better to the server. But even if going pro is ur goal 0 ping won’t make a difference lol. I used to get hard 0 ping in creative 1v1 maps even then I used to get harassed by couple people. Even tho I was on 240fps lol. Just saying ping won’t make a big difference but it will make the game more fun to play.

Re: Latency In Games

Vanadiel — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:04:15 GMT

Routing is not determined by the modem, and there's no way to edit this.

However, there are VPN services like WTFast that are designed to provide gamers with lower latency connections.

There are also regular VPN services to get different routing to destinations.

Also keep in mind pings to game servers do not matter as much as actual in game ping. That is because game servers artificially control ping times to avoid people with really low latency connections to have an advantage over people with higher latency connections.

Re: Latency In Games

dks — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:24:06 GMT

You make perfect sense. One of the issues with on line gaming is that routing is beyond anyone’s control.

Re: Latency In Games

Petey1212 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:30:08 GMT

Hello,

I recently switched to the gigabit fibe 1.5 as it was a cheaper plan with faster speeds. Ever since I switched, ive been having latency and ping issues when it comes to online gaming where the latency will jump from 40ms to over 200 and sometimes 500 for a few senconds and then come back down. I have to use a wireless connection but did not have any issues with my previous modem. I've read online and this seems to be a common issue with the gigabit fibe 1.5. Speed and network next both checkout ok. Has there been any fixes found for this issue?

Re: Latency In Games

BellNick — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:08:44 GMT

Hi @Petey1212
Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community.
Are you able to test an ethernet connection to see if the issue persists?
Do you have any third party router connected and if so, can you try disconnecting it to see if the issue persists?
Do you have your Wi-Fi SSID's split up and if so, have you tried connecting to both the 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz to see if the issue improves?
What gaming system are using (computer, Xbox, Playsation, etc..)?
What game(s) are you experiencing this on?
Does this happen all the time or only at specific times during the day?
Looking forward to hearing back.

Re: Latency In Games

Petey1212 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:05:10 GMT

Looks like splitting up the SSIDs and also turning off the 6.0Ghz has been working. I am primarily playing on Xbox and currently playing games like dead by daylight and elden ring nightreign. It was happening consistently.

Thanks for the help.